The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 1, 2123
Waxing Gibbous
72.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:34 PM
1:25 AM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 72.0%
- Age
- 9.7 days
- Distance
- 404,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 2481
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,700 km.
Exact values
For Aug 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 115.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 63.90° |
| Illuminated fraction | 71.99% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -49.1° / 77.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 11m / -22.11° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 244.98° / -1.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.00° / 1.52° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 65.31° / -1.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 279.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.