The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 1, 1971
Waxing Gibbous
71.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:44 PM
1:01 AM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 71.2%
- Age
- 10.3 days
- Distance
- 392,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 601
Events on this date
-
Jupiter, Moon, and Neptune gathered
All within 6.8° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 115.00° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 64.97° |
| Illuminated fraction | 71.16% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -49.8° / 83.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 03m / -25.80° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 243.76° / -4.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.14° / 6.68° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 59.11° / 0.21° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 278.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.