The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 1, 2128
Waxing Crescent
25.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:36 AM
11:42 PM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 25.6%
- Age
- 5.3 days
- Distance
- 386,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2543
Events on this date
-
Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 0.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 60.56° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 119.27° |
| Illuminated fraction | 25.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 3.7° / 95.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 43m / -1.42° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 190.33° / 2.90° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.67° / -3.43° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 112.81° / -0.76° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.