The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 1, 1959
Waning Crescent
8.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:52 AM
6:28 PM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.9%
- Age
- 26.6 days
- Distance
- 399,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Orion
- Lunation number
- 452
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 | 325.73° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 145.32° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 65.7° / 208.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 18m / 18.29° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 94.39° / -5.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.13° / 7.00° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -148.62° / -1.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 83.9° |
| 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.