The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 1, 2196
First Quarter
54.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:58 PM
12:01 AM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 54.8%
- Age
- 7.0 days
- Distance
- 378,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 3384
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
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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 | 95.36° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 84.51° |
| Illuminated fraction | 54.78% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -31.5° / 92.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 47m / -20.79° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 225.69° / -4.47° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.55° / 5.97° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 91.17° / -0.70° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 286.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.