The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 1, 2060
Waxing Crescent
24.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:32 AM
11:28 PM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 24.7%
- Age
- 5.1 days
- Distance
- 402,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1702
Events on this date
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Venus at greatest elongation
46° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Aug 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 59.51° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 120.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 24.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 4.4° / 96.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 39m / -2.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 189.69° / 1.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.80° / -2.31° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 122.23° / 1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.