The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 1, 1936
Waxing Gibbous
97.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:43 PM
4:44 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.3%
- Age
- 14.0 days
- Distance
- 379,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 168
Events on this date
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Mercury and Venus close together
They pass 0.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 160.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 19.08° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.25% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -70.3° / 347.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 26m / -20.44° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 290.12° / 1.52° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.66° / -1.67° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 13.49° / -0.91° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 265.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.