The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 7, 1932
Waxing Crescent
31.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:31 PM
11:20 PM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 31.5%
- Age
- 5.3 days
- Distance
- 369,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 119
Events on this date
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Jupiter, Mercury, and Neptune gathered
All within 7.6° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 68.11° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 111.73° |
| Illuminated fraction | 31.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -5.8° / 100.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 21m / -11.77° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 203.01° / -3.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.11° / 4.20° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 110.81° / 0.86° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.