The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 1, 1907
Waning Crescent
44.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:35 PM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 44.1%
- Age
- 22.1 days
- Distance
- 395,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- -191
Events on this date
-
Venus and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.3° apart in the sky.
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Mercury and Venus close together
They pass 4.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 276.99° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 96.82° |
| Illuminated fraction | 44.06% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 16.7° / 270.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 57m / 11.73° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 45.27° / -4.90° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.90° / 6.67° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -90.20° / 0.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 72.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.