The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 1, 1941
Waxing Gibbous
64.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:32 PM
1:20 AM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 64.6%
- Age
- 8.3 days
- Distance
- 369,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 230
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 369,200 km.
Exact values
For Aug 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 106.95° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 72.97° |
| Illuminated fraction | 64.64% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -38.6° / 76.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 39m / -14.81° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 235.94° / 4.56° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.84° / -5.56° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 73.13° / -1.10° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 284.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.