The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 7, 1954
Waxing Gibbous
58.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:23 PM
12:12 AM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 58.5%
- Age
- 8.7 days
- Distance
- 402,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 391
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 | 99.64° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 80.23° |
| Illuminated fraction | 58.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -35.9° / 91.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 23m / -22.72° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 234.25° / -4.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.30° / 5.43° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 78.11° / -0.79° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 283.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.