The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, August 1, 1951
Waning Crescent
1.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 75°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:53 AM
8:25 PM
75°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.6%
- Age
- 28.3 days
- Distance
- 404,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 353
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 3.2° apart in the sky.
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Venus at its brightest
Shines at magnitude -4.7, as bright as it gets this time around.
Exact values
For Aug 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 345.85° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 165.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.63% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 72.2° / 146.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 48m / 24.90° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 114.44° / 3.72° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.26° / -4.67° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -167.31° / 0.86° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 114.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.