The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, August 1, 1962
Waxing Crescent
1.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:28 AM
9:37 PM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.3%
- Age
- 1.1 days
- Distance
- 399,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 490
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 | 13.02° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 166.89° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.30% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 48.2° / 115.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 39m / 15.33° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 141.94° / 1.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.77° / -1.33° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 170.19° / 0.03° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 285.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.