The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 1, 2004
Waning Gibbous
98.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:54 PM
7:13 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.6%
- Age
- 15.2 days
- Distance
- 365,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1009
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 | 192.64° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 13.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.62% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -50.8° / 291.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 45m / -18.60° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 322.36° / -4.81° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.02° / 6.50° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -8.04° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 93.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.