The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 1, 1954
Waxing Crescent
8.2% 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
9:22 AM
9:58 PM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.2%
- Age
- 2.7 days
- Distance
- 393,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 391
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Aug 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 32.91° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 146.75° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.18% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 27.6° / 111.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 46m / 3.09° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 161.77° / -4.39° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.18° / 6.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 151.50° / -0.68° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 299.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.