The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 7, 1962
Waxing Crescent
40.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:11 PM
12:01 AM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 40.5%
- Age
- 7.1 days
- Distance
- 401,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 490
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 | 78.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 100.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 40.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -13.3° / 89.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 12m / -7.74° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 213.54° / 5.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.39° / -6.53° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 96.76° / 0.14° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.