The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 7, 1908
Waxing Gibbous
73.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:40 PM
12:43 AM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 73.8%
- Age
- 10.4 days
- Distance
- 374,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- -178
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 | 118.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 61.55° |
| Illuminated fraction | 73.82% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -39.3° / 84.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 48m / -20.50° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 253.09° / 1.89° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.43° / -2.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 54.38° / 1.00° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 277.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.