The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 1, 2127
Waning Crescent
36.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:20 AM
3:23 PM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 36.7%
- Age
- 23.0 days
- Distance
- 404,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 2530
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,400 km.
Exact values
For Aug 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 285.57° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 105.37° |
| Illuminated fraction | 36.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 36.5° / 257.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 33m / 14.66° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 54.61° / -4.38° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.39° / 6.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -105.06° / -1.15° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 74.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.