The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, August 1, 2001
Waxing Gibbous
94.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:19 PM
3:57 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.0%
- Age
- 11.8 days
- Distance
- 400,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 972
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 | 151.56° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 28.37° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.99% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -73.0° / 16.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 48m / -23.42° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 281.03° / -0.44° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.59° / 0.91° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 32.92° / 0.92° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 263.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.