The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 7, 1986
Waxing Crescent
3.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:18 AM
10:00 PM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.8%
- Age
- 1.9 days
- Distance
- 389,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 787
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 | 22.24° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 157.42° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 39.4° / 110.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 41m / 12.28° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 157.10° / 3.63° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.20° / -4.53° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 152.75° / 1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 284.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.