The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 1, 2048
Last Quarter
49.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:27 PM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 49.5%
- Age
- 21.5 days
- Distance
- 399,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1553
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Aug 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 270.69° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 90.54° |
| Illuminated fraction | 49.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 25.5° / 272.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 29m / 18.59° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 40.78° / 3.73° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.39° / -4.58° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -85.45° / -1.11° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 71.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.