The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 1, 2052
Waxing Crescent
41.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
1:20 PM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 41.6%
- Age
- 6.6 days
- Distance
- 400,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1603
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 | 80.21° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 99.64° |
| Illuminated fraction | 41.63% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -14.9° / 90.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 56m / -9.67° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 210.33° / 2.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.73° / -2.40° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 103.59° / -1.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.