The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 7, 1980
Waning Crescent
10.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:34 AM
6:24 PM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 10.3%
- Age
- 26.4 days
- Distance
- 384,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 712
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 | 322.89° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 142.65° |
| Illuminated fraction | 10.25% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 65.7° / 216.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 35m / 19.65° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 98.17° / -3.54° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.53° / 4.90° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -137.19° / -0.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 88.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.