The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, August 1, 2007
Waning Gibbous
91.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:21 PM
9:19 AM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 91.5%
- Age
- 18.2 days
- Distance
- 371,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1046
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 1.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 214.01° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 33.94° |
| Illuminated fraction | 91.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -29.1° / 287.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 57m / -6.17° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 343.06° / 0.53° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.71° / -0.32° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -36.83° / 0.77° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.