The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 7, 1971
Waning Gibbous
99.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:13 PM
7:26 AM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.0%
- Age
- 16.3 days
- Distance
- 364,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 601
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 | 191.49° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 11.51° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.99% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -48.4° / 302.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 52m / -11.87° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 325.99° / 1.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.18° / -1.00° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -14.05° / 0.02° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 66.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.