The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 1, 2080
Waning Gibbous
99.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:35 PM
7:03 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.2%
- Age
- 15.6 days
- Distance
- 405,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1949
Events on this date
-
Jupiter, Moon, and Saturn gathered
All within 5.4° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 2.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 189.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 10.08° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.23% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -53.0° / 295.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 34m / -18.30° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 319.78° / -3.61° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.03° / 4.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -11.04° / 1.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 94.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.