The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 1, 2141
Waning Crescent
0.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:41 AM
8:12 PM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.7%
- Age
- 28.7 days
- Distance
- 363,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 2703
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 3.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 351.10° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 170.66° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.66% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 63.4° / 146.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 09m / 17.26° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 120.74° / -2.78° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.58° / 3.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -168.72° / -1.04° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 82.6° |
| 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.