The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 1, 2039
Waxing Gibbous
89.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:48 PM
3:09 AM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.7%
- Age
- 11.3 days
- Distance
- 363,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1442
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 363,900 km.
Exact values
For Aug 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 142.52° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 37.40° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.72% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -70.1° / 43.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 08m / -24.38° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 271.82° / -0.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.29° / 1.57° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 37.51° / 1.17° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 267.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.