The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 1, 2079
Waxing Crescent
22.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:15 AM
11:21 PM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 22.2%
- Age
- 4.3 days
- Distance
- 385,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1937
Events on this date
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Mars and Neptune close together
They pass 1.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 56.11° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 123.75° |
| Illuminated fraction | 22.22% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 7.5° / 98.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 24m / -0.73° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 185.73° / 1.68° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.84° / -1.88° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 130.66° / 1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.