The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 7, 1904
Waning Crescent
19.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:33 AM
4:10 PM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 19.5%
- Age
- 25.5 days
- Distance
- 375,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- -228
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 | 307.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 127.60° |
| Illuminated fraction | 19.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 44.5° / 254.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 29m / 18.05° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 82.62° / -5.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.46° / 7.14° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -134.68° / -0.89° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 82.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.