The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 1, 2055
Waxing Gibbous
67.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:49 PM
1:35 AM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 67.4%
- Age
- 8.3 days
- Distance
- 377,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1640
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 | 110.35° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 69.60° |
| Illuminated fraction | 67.43% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -41.5° / 73.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 55m / -15.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 239.77° / 4.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.93° / -6.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 74.76° / -0.01° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 283.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.