The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 1, 2056
Waning Gibbous
67.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:20 PM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 67.2%
- Age
- 19.8 days
- Distance
- 401,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 1652
Events on this date
-
Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 2.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 249.89° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 69.84° |
| Illuminated fraction | 67.24% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 3.1° / 270.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 22m / 2.96° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 20.03° / -5.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.06° / 7.10° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -66.83° / 0.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.