The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 1, 1946
Waxing Crescent
20.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:54 AM
11:33 PM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 20.3%
- Age
- 4.2 days
- Distance
- 388,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 292
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 3.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 53.33° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 126.39° |
| Illuminated fraction | 20.34% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 11.3° / 95.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 16m / 3.75° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 182.12° / 5.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.22° / -6.25° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 132.82° / 1.20° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.