The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 7, 1902
Waxing Crescent
18.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:50 AM
9:43 PM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 18.0%
- Age
- 3.9 days
- Distance
- 384,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -252
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Aug 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 50.02° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 129.84° |
| Illuminated fraction | 17.97% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 22.1° / 116.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 12m / -3.57° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 184.25° / -2.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.57° / 2.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 136.56° / -1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 295.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.