The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 1, 2021
Waning Crescent
39.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:58 AM
3:14 PM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 39.6%
- Age
- 22.6 days
- Distance
- 404,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1219
Events on this date
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Mercury behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Aug 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 282.13° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 101.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 39.62% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 34.5° / 262.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 19m / 16.74° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 51.76° / -1.51° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.07° / 2.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -100.29° / 1.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 74.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.