The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 1, 2005
Waning Crescent
10.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 78°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:52 AM
6:58 PM
78°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 10.8%
- Age
- 26.2 days
- Distance
- 402,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Auriga
- Lunation number
- 1021
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 | 322.07° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 141.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 10.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 72.4° / 232.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 07m / 28.31° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 91.57° / 4.88° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.16° / -6.20° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -137.59° / 1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 96.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.