The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, August 1, 1917
Waxing Gibbous
96.6% 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
6:40 PM
3:25 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.6%
- Age
- 13.6 days
- Distance
- 362,300 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- -67
Events on this date
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Saturn and Neptune close together
They pass 0.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 158.85° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 21.11° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.64% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -69.0° / 34.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 16m / -21.64° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 287.69° / 0.65° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.18° / -0.52° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 16.79° / -0.73° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 263.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.