The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 1, 2102
Waning Gibbous
89.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:14 PM
9:41 AM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.9%
- Age
- 17.3 days
- Distance
- 365,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2221
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 | 217.01° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 37.09° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.2° / 289.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 03m / -2.05° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 346.10° / 3.72° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.61° / -4.48° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -31.41° / -0.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 62.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.