The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, August 1, 2074
Waxing Gibbous
65.5% 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
3:39 PM
1:26 AM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 65.5%
- Age
- 8.5 days
- Distance
- 368,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1875
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 2.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 108.01° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 71.92° |
| Illuminated fraction | 65.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -39.6° / 75.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 47m / -14.99° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 237.82° / 4.79° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.18° / -5.80° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 70.93° / 0.18° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 284.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.