The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 1, 2166
Waxing Crescent
27.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:47 AM
11:52 PM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 27.4%
- Age
- 5.5 days
- Distance
- 404,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 3013
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 | 62.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 116.83° |
| Illuminated fraction | 27.43% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 1.9° / 93.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 53m / -1.24° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 192.56° / 4.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.32° / -4.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 117.43° / -0.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.