The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 7, 1951
Waxing Crescent
21.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:17 AM
10:48 PM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 21.1%
- Age
- 4.7 days
- Distance
- 386,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 354
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 | 54.50° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 125.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 21.08% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 7.0° / 104.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 28m / -5.83° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 188.84° / -2.53° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.35° / 3.53° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 119.22° / 0.73° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 295.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.