The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 1, 2081
Waning Crescent
15.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 78°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:12 AM
6:24 PM
78°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 15.5%
- Age
- 25.9 days
- Distance
- 375,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1961
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 | 314.03° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 133.70° |
| Illuminated fraction | 15.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 66.4° / 247.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 33m / 28.44° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 84.14° / 5.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.96° / -6.46° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -140.57° / 0.93° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 91.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.