The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 7, 1943
Waxing Crescent
34.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
12:37 PM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 34.9%
- Age
- 6.5 days
- Distance
- 391,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 255
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 | 72.19° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 107.60° |
| Illuminated fraction | 34.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -7.0° / 91.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 45m / -5.55° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 206.46° / 5.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.28° / -6.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 100.56° / -0.08° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.