The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 1, 2030
Waxing Crescent
5.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:50 AM
9:39 PM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.4%
- Age
- 2.2 days
- Distance
- 385,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 1331
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 3.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 26.27° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 153.23° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 33.3° / 115.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 23m / 4.72° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 155.73° / -5.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.44° / 6.89° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 148.52° / -1.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 301.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.