The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 1, 2015
Waning Gibbous
97.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:31 PM
7:54 AM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.8%
- Age
- 16.6 days
- Distance
- 362,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1145
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 | 196.82° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 17.05° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.80% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -43.9° / 298.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 49m / -10.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 325.92° / 3.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.04° / -3.66° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -18.24° / -1.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 61.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.