The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 1, 2011
Waxing Crescent
5.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:43 AM
9:39 PM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.0%
- Age
- 1.9 days
- Distance
- 366,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 1096
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 1.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 25.35° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 154.16° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.00% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 34.3° / 116.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 18m / 5.34° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 154.43° / -4.87° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.55° / 6.67° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 152.33° / -1.10° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 301.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.