The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 1, 2109
Waxing Crescent
25.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:39 AM
11:42 PM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 25.9%
- Age
- 4.8 days
- Distance
- 371,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2308
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 0.4° apart in the sky.
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Mercury at greatest elongation
27° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Aug 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 60.97° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 118.88° |
| Illuminated fraction | 25.85% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 3.1° / 95.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 42m / -1.99° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 190.35° / 2.29° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.39° / -2.64° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 116.64° / -0.92° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.