The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 1, 2150
Waxing Gibbous
62.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:23 PM
1:13 AM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 62.7%
- Age
- 8.4 days
- Distance
- 401,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 2815
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Aug 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 104.54° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 75.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 62.66% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -37.1° / 79.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 30m / -15.50° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 234.01° / 3.36° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.57° / -4.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 80.14° / 0.93° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 284.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.