The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 1, 2105
Waning Gibbous
67.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:35 PM
12:30 PM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 67.9%
- Age
- 21.0 days
- Distance
- 373,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2258
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
20° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Aug 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 249.10° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 69.02° |
| Illuminated fraction | 67.91% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 4.8° / 279.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 03m / 10.58° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 18.46° / 3.62° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.32° / -4.43° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -72.45° / -1.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 66.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.