The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 7, 1906
Waning Gibbous
88.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:46 PM
8:46 AM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.4%
- Age
- 17.2 days
- Distance
- 387,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- -203
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 | 219.77° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 39.81° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.41% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -34.9° / 294.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 44m / -5.64° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 354.03° / -3.56° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.94° / 4.91° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -33.94° / 0.12° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 71.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.