The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, August 1, 2012
Full Moon
99.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:14 PM
5:59 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.6%
- Age
- 13.5 days
- Distance
- 372,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1108
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For Aug 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 173.76° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 7.62° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.56% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -61.2° / 324.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 19m / -15.06° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 303.56° / 4.41° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.97° / -5.42° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 10.54° / -1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.