The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 1, 2014
Waxing Crescent
27.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:53 AM
11:29 PM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 27.1%
- Age
- 5.7 days
- Distance
- 398,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1133
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 | 62.67° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 117.19° |
| Illuminated fraction | 27.15% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 0.9° / 98.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 43m / -5.55° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 192.01° / -0.88° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.09° / 1.45° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 111.19° / -1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.