The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, August 7, 1974
Waning Gibbous
82.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:28 PM
10:55 AM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 82.3%
- Age
- 19.2 days
- Distance
- 398,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 638
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 | 229.69° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 49.75° |
| Illuminated fraction | 82.31% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -11.8° / 288.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 09m / 6.24° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 4.46° / 4.87° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.26° / -6.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -55.04° / -1.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 62.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.