The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 1, 2027
Waning Crescent
0.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
5:17 AM
8:25 PM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.9%
- Age
- 28.5 days
- Distance
- 357,700 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1293
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 0.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 349.27° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 169.18° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.89% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 67.9° / 143.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 03m / 21.64° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 118.47° / 1.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.78° / -1.25° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -170.32° / 0.07° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 106.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.