The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 1, 1931
Waning Gibbous
90.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:34 PM
9:22 AM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.9%
- Age
- 17.2 days
- Distance
- 403,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 106
Events on this date
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Mercury and Neptune close together
They pass 1.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 215.19° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 35.16° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -29.0° / 284.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 03m / -8.30° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 343.63° / -2.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.59° / 2.94° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -33.83° / 1.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.