The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 1, 2180
Waxing Gibbous
80.3% 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
5:21 PM
2:16 AM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 80.3%
- Age
- 9.9 days
- Distance
- 368,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 3186
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 | 127.20° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 52.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 80.29% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -57.3° / 63.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 06m / -20.75° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 257.40° / 2.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.63° / -2.42° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 53.94° / -1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 276.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.