The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, August 1, 2096
Waxing Gibbous
93.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:27 PM
3:35 AM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.2%
- Age
- 12.9 days
- Distance
- 395,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2147
Events on this date
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Mercury and Neptune 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 | 149.76° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 30.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.16% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -75.4° / 25.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 46m / -26.41° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 280.23° / -3.39° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.05° / 4.66° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 26.11° / 1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 259.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.