The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 1, 2073
Waning Crescent
5.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:21 AM
7:10 PM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.3%
- Age
- 27.4 days
- Distance
- 380,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1862
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 2.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 333.73° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 153.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 69.0° / 188.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 58m / 19.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 103.77° / -3.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.50° / 4.54° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -159.24° / -0.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 88.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.