The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 1, 2086
Last Quarter
54.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:56 PM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 54.4%
- Age
- 21.7 days
- Distance
- 370,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 2023
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Aug 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 265.09° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 84.96° |
| Illuminated fraction | 54.40% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 19.9° / 273.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 07m / 16.06° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 35.01° / 3.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.30° / -3.66° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -80.85° / -1.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 69.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.