The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 7, 1947
Waning Gibbous
72.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:40 PM
11:53 AM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 72.4%
- Age
- 20.5 days
- Distance
- 388,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 304
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 | 243.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 63.37° |
| Illuminated fraction | 72.41% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -1.4° / 276.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 11m / 3.88° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 17.75° / -3.34° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.34° / 4.68° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -69.86° / 1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 69.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.