The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 7, 1921
Waxing Crescent
20.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:08 AM
10:57 PM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 20.2%
- Age
- 3.8 days
- Distance
- 369,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -17
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 | 53.26° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 126.62° |
| Illuminated fraction | 20.17% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 8.5° / 103.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 27m / -4.12° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 187.83° / -1.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.59° / 1.71° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 133.25° / -1.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 294.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.