The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 7, 1915
Waning Crescent
10.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 77°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:00 AM
5:51 PM
77°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 10.3%
- Age
- 26.3 days
- Distance
- 401,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- -92
Events on this date
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Uranus at opposition
Opposite the Sun in the sky: up all night and at its brightest for the year.
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 3.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 322.84° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 142.62° |
| Illuminated fraction | 10.27% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 61.9° / 250.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 31m / 26.69° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 96.94° / 3.43° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.43° / -4.20° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -144.93° / 0.11° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 97.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.