The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 1, 1957
Waxing Crescent
37.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
1:03 PM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 37.8%
- Age
- 5.5 days
- Distance
- 372,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 428
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 3.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 75.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 104.18° |
| Illuminated fraction | 37.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -11.6° / 95.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 29m / -11.28° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 204.79° / -1.81° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.17° / 2.58° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 110.38° / -1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.