The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 7, 1978
Waxing Crescent
11.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:00 AM
10:29 PM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 11.9%
- Age
- 3.6 days
- Distance
- 396,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 688
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 0.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 40.31° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 139.59° |
| Illuminated fraction | 11.93% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 21.0° / 107.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 42m / 1.76° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 175.11° / -0.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.70° / 0.60° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 134.07° / -1.10° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.