The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, August 7, 1912
Waning Crescent
33.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:12 PM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 33.8%
- Age
- 24.2 days
- Distance
- 374,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- -129
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 | 289.14° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 108.96° |
| Illuminated fraction | 33.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 32.2° / 276.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 04m / 24.76° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 63.92° / 3.88° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.88° / -4.69° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -116.04° / 1.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 79.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.