The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 1, 2122
Waning Crescent
0.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:33 AM
8:10 PM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.8%
- Age
- 28.6 days
- Distance
- 382,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 2468
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 1.5° apart in the sky.
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Moon, Saturn, and Uranus gathered
All within 2.5° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 2.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 349.82° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 169.59° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.82% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 64.9° / 147.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 03m / 18.31° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 119.07° / -2.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.09° / 3.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -164.90° / -0.91° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 88.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.