The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 1, 1999
Waning Gibbous
81.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:25 PM
10:40 AM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 81.7%
- Age
- 19.6 days
- Distance
- 379,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 947
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 | 230.59° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 50.58° |
| Illuminated fraction | 81.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -14.8° / 277.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 05m / -3.70° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 359.56° / -3.85° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.95° / 5.18° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -55.45° / -0.12° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.