The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 1, 2147
Waxing Crescent
20.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:02 AM
11:26 PM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 20.9%
- Age
- 5.0 days
- Distance
- 403,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2778
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 2.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 54.17° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 125.66° |
| Illuminated fraction | 20.85% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 9.8° / 97.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 17m / 1.35° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 183.37° / 2.93° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.69° / -3.52° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 121.24° / -0.59° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.