The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 7, 1916
Waxing Gibbous
59.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:30 PM
11:50 PM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 59.3%
- Age
- 8.6 days
- Distance
- 374,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- -79
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 | 100.57° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 79.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 59.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.7° / 100.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 27m / -23.70° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 235.39° / -4.72° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.38° / 6.38° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 73.01° / -0.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 283.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.