The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 7, 1917
Waning Gibbous
72.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:59 PM
11:01 AM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 72.9%
- Age
- 19.6 days
- Distance
- 369,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- -67
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 | 242.76° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 62.75° |
| Illuminated fraction | 72.89% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -10.3° / 294.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 56m / 11.57° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 17.34° / 5.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.42° / -6.31° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -56.34° / -0.91° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 64.6° |
| 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.