The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, August 1, 1990
Waxing Gibbous
77.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:27 PM
1:36 AM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 77.8%
- Age
- 10.5 days
- Distance
- 403,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 836
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 | 123.74° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 56.24° |
| Illuminated fraction | 77.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -57.5° / 77.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 43m / -26.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 252.90° / -4.30° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.30° / 5.79° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 55.30° / -0.02° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 274.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.