The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 1, 1983
Last Quarter
54.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:23 AM
1:42 PM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 54.0%
- Age
- 22.2 days
- Distance
- 389,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 749
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Aug 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 265.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 85.47° |
| Illuminated fraction | 53.95% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 18.0° / 266.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 14m / 9.30° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 34.44° / -3.93° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.97° / 5.42° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -92.69° / 1.11° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.