The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 7, 1970
Waxing Crescent
24.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:42 AM
10:53 PM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 24.4%
- Age
- 5.4 days
- Distance
- 400,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 589
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 | 58.98° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 120.83° |
| Illuminated fraction | 24.38% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 2.5° / 104.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 45m / -8.60° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 193.71° / -3.46° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.70° / 4.74° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 115.41° / 0.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 295.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.