The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, August 1, 1900
Waxing Crescent
31.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:23 AM
10:25 PM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 31.5%
- Age
- 6.1 days
- Distance
- 404,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -277
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Aug 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 68.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 111.72° |
| Illuminated fraction | 31.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 5.8° / 109.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 57m / -10.39° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 197.03° / -4.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.78° / 5.52° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 109.05° / -1.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 294.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.