The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 1, 2006
Waxing Crescent
43.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
1:40 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 43.3%
- Age
- 7.5 days
- Distance
- 399,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1034
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 | 82.17° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 97.67° |
| Illuminated fraction | 43.32% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.2° / 94.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 53m / -14.76° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 211.44° / -2.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.38° / 4.10° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 92.56° / 1.19° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.