The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 1, 1949
First Quarter
51.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:29 PM
12:09 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 51.6%
- Age
- 6.9 days
- Distance
- 371,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 329
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Aug 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 91.65° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 88.21° |
| Illuminated fraction | 51.56% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -26.9° / 90.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 31m / -16.79° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 220.70° / -1.84° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.30° / 2.68° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 91.75° / 1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.