The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 1, 2144
Waxing Crescent
5.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:52 AM
9:49 PM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.6%
- Age
- 2.1 days
- Distance
- 370,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 2741
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 | 26.98° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 152.69° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 33.0° / 114.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 29m / 5.34° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 156.88° / -3.92° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.97° / 5.45° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 150.14° / -1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 299.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.