The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 1, 2020
Waxing Gibbous
95.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:42 PM
4:11 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.6%
- Age
- 11.9 days
- Distance
- 382,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1207
Events on this date
-
Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 1.5° apart in the sky.
-
Jupiter, Moon, and Saturn gathered
All within 7.7° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 155.78° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 24.20° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.61% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -74.2° / 1.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 09m / -24.03° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 285.64° / -1.52° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.91° / 2.30° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 29.12° / 1.08° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 259.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.