The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 7, 1955
Waning Gibbous
84.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:20 PM
10:36 AM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.5%
- Age
- 19.2 days
- Distance
- 382,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 403
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 | 226.19° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 46.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -15.1° / 289.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 54m / 4.90° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 0.56° / 5.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.01° / -6.32° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -51.26° / -1.18° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 61.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.