The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 7, 1993
Waning Gibbous
77.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:49 PM
11:35 AM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 77.0%
- Age
- 19.2 days
- Distance
- 405,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 873
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 | 237.37° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 57.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 76.98% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -4.6° / 285.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 39m / 8.86° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 12.52° / 4.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.37° / -5.30° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -58.83° / -1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 64.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.