The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 1, 2071
Waxing Crescent
37.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
12:55 PM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 37.6%
- Age
- 5.6 days
- Distance
- 382,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1838
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 0.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 75.48° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 104.37° |
| Illuminated fraction | 37.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -10.3° / 91.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 36m / -7.60° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 205.04° / 2.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 8.47° / -2.65° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 112.02° / -1.18° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.