The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 1, 2087
Waxing Crescent
9.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:39 AM
10:06 PM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 9.7%
- Age
- 2.9 days
- Distance
- 390,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 2036
Events on this date
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Jupiter, Mars, and Moon gathered
All within 5.6° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 35.89° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 143.77° |
| Illuminated fraction | 9.67% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 24.6° / 111.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 00m / 1.44° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 165.57° / -4.60° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.16° / 6.30° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 149.32° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 299.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.