The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 1, 1942
Waning Gibbous
72.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:52 PM
11:48 AM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 72.5%
- Age
- 19.2 days
- Distance
- 386,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 242
Events on this date
-
Venus and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 243.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 63.26° |
| Illuminated fraction | 72.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -2.4° / 274.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 50m / 1.83° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 12.10° / -3.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.99° / 4.41° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -56.23° / -0.65° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 68.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.