The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 1, 1970
Waning Crescent
0.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
5:39 AM
8:44 PM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.4%
- Age
- 29.0 days
- Distance
- 404,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 588
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 | 353.63° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 173.09° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 65.8° / 132.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 22m / 22.15° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 122.62° / 2.64° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.84° / -3.22° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -171.13° / 0.65° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 125.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.