The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 1, 1969
Waning Gibbous
83.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:54 PM
10:36 AM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 83.2%
- Age
- 18.1 days
- Distance
- 373,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 576
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 | 228.53° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 48.43° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.18% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -15.4° / 282.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 51m / -0.41° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 357.75° / 0.53° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.10° / -0.37° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -41.43° / 1.04° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 66.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.