The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 1, 2117
Waxing Crescent
14.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:17 AM
10:54 PM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 14.8%
- Age
- 3.3 days
- Distance
- 364,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2407
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 0.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 45.12° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 134.77° |
| Illuminated fraction | 14.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 17.8° / 101.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 42m / 3.37° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 174.57° / 1.32° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.45° / -1.44° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 135.29° / 1.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.