The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 7, 1926
Waning Crescent
0.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
5:30 AM
8:25 PM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.8%
- Age
- 28.7 days
- Distance
- 403,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 44
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Aug 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 350.02° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 169.86° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.78% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 66.7° / 142.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 29m / 20.75° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 124.40° / 1.62° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.30° / -1.93° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -166.92° / 0.79° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.