The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 7, 1927
Waxing Gibbous
68.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:06 PM
1:23 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 68.3%
- Age
- 9.9 days
- Distance
- 395,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 57
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 0.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 111.37° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 68.51° |
| Illuminated fraction | 68.32% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -44.3° / 78.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 16m / -19.38° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 245.51° / 1.88° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.56° / -2.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 63.29° / 1.15° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 280.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.