The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 1, 1960
Waxing Gibbous
62.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:20 PM
1:14 AM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 62.7%
- Age
- 8.9 days
- Distance
- 371,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 465
Events on this date
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Venus and Uranus close together
They pass 0.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 104.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 75.23° |
| Illuminated fraction | 62.74% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -36.6° / 77.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 32m / -14.12° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 234.06° / 4.82° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.22° / -5.87° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 69.31° / -0.96° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 284.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.