The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, August 1, 2063
First Quarter
53.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
2:48 PM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 53.2%
- Age
- 6.9 days
- Distance
- 380,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1739
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
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Venus at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
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Mars, Moon, and Uranus gathered
All within 6.8° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 93.55° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 86.32° |
| Illuminated fraction | 53.21% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -29.7° / 92.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 36m / -20.40° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 223.04° / -4.89° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.81° / 6.57° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 93.38° / 0.67° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 287.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.