The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 1, 2161
Waxing Gibbous
80.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:26 PM
2:18 AM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 80.8%
- Age
- 9.7 days
- Distance
- 384,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 2951
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 | 127.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 51.94° |
| Illuminated fraction | 80.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -58.2° / 63.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 07m / -21.40° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 257.77° / 1.46° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.19° / -1.67° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 57.74° / -1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 276.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.