The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 7, 1959
Waxing Crescent
10.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:47 AM
10:20 PM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 10.5%
- Age
- 3.1 days
- Distance
- 378,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 453
Events on this date
-
Moon and Venus close together
They pass 2.8° apart in the sky.
-
Mars, Moon, and Venus gathered
All within 7.2° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 37.69° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 142.21° |
| Illuminated fraction | 10.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 23.2° / 108.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 29m / 2.08° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 172.09° / -1.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.46° / 1.84° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 137.89° / -1.22° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 295.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.