The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, August 1, 1906
Waxing Gibbous
89.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:22 PM
2:24 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.4%
- Age
- 11.2 days
- Distance
- 366,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- -203
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 366,100 km.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 3.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 142.12° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 37.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.44% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -57.3° / 61.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 03m / -19.97° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 270.62° / 3.48° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.85° / -4.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 39.19° / -0.08° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 273.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.