The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 7, 1937
Waxing Crescent
1.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:54 AM
9:02 PM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.8%
- Age
- 1.1 days
- Distance
- 377,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 181
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 | 14.78° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 164.40° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 42.6° / 124.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 59m / 7.04° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 149.49° / -4.93° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.99° / 6.79° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 170.58° / -1.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 308.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.