The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 1, 2143
Waning Gibbous
71.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:24 PM
12:03 PM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 71.8%
- Age
- 20.0 days
- Distance
- 403,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2728
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Aug 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 244.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 64.19° |
| Illuminated fraction | 71.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 0.4° / 279.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 45m / 7.96° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 13.47° / 2.87° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.46° / -3.53° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -67.83° / -1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 65.7° |
| 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.