The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 7, 1958
Last Quarter
50.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:10 AM
2:10 PM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 50.9%
- Age
- 21.9 days
- Distance
- 402,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 440
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 1.1° apart in the sky.
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Aug 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 269.16° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 89.01° |
| Illuminated fraction | 50.86% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 23.0° / 269.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 47m / 14.41° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 43.80° / -1.64° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.09° / 2.38° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -92.25° / -1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 72.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.