The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 7, 1903
Waxing Gibbous
99.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:03 PM
4:58 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.5%
- Age
- 14.2 days
- Distance
- 406,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- -240
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 | 172.75° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 8.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -64.5° / 357.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 32m / -14.26° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 306.75° / 4.47° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.25° / -5.51° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 7.03° / -1.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 284.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.