The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, August 1, 2018
Waning Gibbous
79.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:31 PM
10:54 AM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.9%
- Age
- 19.5 days
- Distance
- 396,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1182
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 | 233.26° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 53.27° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.90% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -12.3° / 276.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 17m / -3.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 2.62° / -4.43° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.04° / 5.97° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -59.25° / 0.10° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.