The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 1, 2022
Waxing Crescent
14.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:08 AM
11:05 PM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 14.3%
- Age
- 3.9 days
- Distance
- 393,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1232
Events on this date
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Mars and Uranus close together
They pass 1.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 44.25° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 135.49° |
| Illuminated fraction | 14.34% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 19.6° / 99.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 43m / 6.29° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 173.65° / 4.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.87° / -5.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 129.85° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.