The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 1, 2010
Waning Gibbous
65.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:32 PM
12:50 PM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 65.2%
- Age
- 20.8 days
- Distance
- 399,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1083
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 | 252.41° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 72.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 65.17% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 8.4° / 279.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 12m / 13.23° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 21.72° / 5.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.41° / -6.43° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -77.85° / -0.75° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 66.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.