The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 1, 2017
Waxing Gibbous
69.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:56 PM
1:45 AM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 69.1%
- Age
- 9.3 days
- Distance
- 404,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 1170
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 | 112.38° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 67.58° |
| Illuminated fraction | 69.07% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -43.1° / 72.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 04m / -15.44° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 241.97° / 5.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.23° / -6.46° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 70.12° / -0.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 283.1° |
| 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.