The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 1, 1995
Waxing Crescent
24.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:35 AM
11:17 PM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 24.4%
- Age
- 5.0 days
- Distance
- 383,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 898
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 2.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 59.03° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 120.82° |
| Illuminated fraction | 24.38% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 3.9° / 100.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 26m / -4.90° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 187.98° / -1.89° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.86° / 2.76° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 115.01° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 294.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.