The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 1, 2066
Waxing Gibbous
78.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:23 PM
1:42 AM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 78.0%
- Age
- 10.2 days
- Distance
- 365,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 1776
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 | 124.01° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 55.90° |
| Illuminated fraction | 78.03% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -56.9° / 73.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 48m / -24.63° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 253.77° / -2.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.00° / 3.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 52.32° / -0.80° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 275.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.