The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, August 1, 2040
Waning Crescent
32.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:17 AM
4:03 PM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 32.6%
- Age
- 23.3 days
- Distance
- 398,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1454
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Aug 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 290.50° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 110.36° |
| Illuminated fraction | 32.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 42.9° / 259.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 53m / 20.18° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 60.51° / -0.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.68° / 0.33° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -104.09° / 1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 77.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.