The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 1, 2019
Waxing Crescent
0.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:53 AM
9:32 PM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.5%
- Age
- 0.5 days
- Distance
- 359,700 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1195
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 1.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 7.48° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 172.08° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 53.8° / 117.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 19m / 18.29° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 136.61° / 2.55° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.01° / -3.05° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 171.01° / 0.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 272.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.