The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 1, 1987
Waxing Crescent
38.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:05 PM
11:55 PM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 38.2%
- Age
- 6.8 days
- Distance
- 387,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 799
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Aug 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 76.20° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 103.65° |
| Illuminated fraction | 38.20% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -12.1° / 95.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 30m / -11.44° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 205.08° / -1.86° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.49° / 2.65° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 96.36° / 1.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.