The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 1, 2104
Waxing Gibbous
73.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:46 PM
1:28 AM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 73.5%
- Age
- 10.5 days
- Distance
- 394,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 2246
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 3.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 117.89° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 61.99° |
| Illuminated fraction | 73.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -51.1° / 77.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 22m / -22.98° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 247.47° / -1.45° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.49° / 2.12° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 56.90° / -1.11° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 278.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.