The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 1, 2000
Waxing Crescent
3.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:10 AM
10:11 PM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.7%
- Age
- 1.6 days
- Distance
- 363,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 960
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 | 21.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 157.86° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 40.5° / 108.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 19m / 13.88° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 151.57° / 3.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.13° / -3.88° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 162.55° / 0.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 284.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.