The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 1, 2003
Waxing Crescent
13.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:57 AM
11:05 PM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 13.3%
- Age
- 3.4 days
- Distance
- 375,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 997
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 | 42.44° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 137.26° |
| Illuminated fraction | 13.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 21.5° / 99.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 36m / 7.59° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 171.45° / 4.57° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.87° / -5.69° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 133.65° / 1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.