The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 7, 1922
Full Moon
99.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:30 PM
6:35 AM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.9%
- Age
- 14.1 days
- Distance
- 400,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- -5
Events on this date
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Mercury behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
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Mercury and Neptune close together
They pass 1.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 179.85° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 3.72° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.89% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -56.5° / 316.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 02m / -13.01° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 314.19° / 3.72° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.29° / -4.56° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 3.76° / -1.16° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 334.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.