The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 1, 2043
Waning Crescent
15.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 78°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:13 AM
6:26 PM
78°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 15.3%
- Age
- 25.9 days
- Distance
- 367,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1491
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 367,500 km.
Exact values
For Aug 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 314.33° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 134.02° |
| Illuminated fraction | 15.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 66.5° / 247.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 31m / 28.34° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 83.66° / 5.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.92° / -6.35° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -132.96° / 1.19° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 91.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.