The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 1, 2160
Waning Crescent
0.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:40 AM
8:08 PM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.8%
- Age
- 28.6 days
- Distance
- 358,100 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 2938
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 | 350.59° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 170.02° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 63.3° / 147.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 08m / 16.79° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 120.62° / -3.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.74° / 4.64° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -172.52° / -1.16° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 80.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.