The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 1, 1958
Waning Gibbous
95.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:39 PM
8:30 AM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.9%
- Age
- 15.9 days
- Distance
- 396,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 440
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 | 203.09° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 23.36° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.90% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -37.9° / 296.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 10m / -7.00° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 331.98° / 4.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.41° / -4.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -19.03° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 60.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.