The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 7, 1976
Waxing Gibbous
93.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:51 PM
4:13 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.7%
- Age
- 11.6 days
- Distance
- 379,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 663
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 | 151.31° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 28.97° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.74% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -67.4° / 14.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 09m / -17.76° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 286.56° / 4.69° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.71° / -5.77° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 33.34° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 271.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.