The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 7, 1997
Waxing Crescent
16.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:34 AM
10:50 PM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 16.1%
- Age
- 4.3 days
- Distance
- 405,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 923
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 | 47.13° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 132.74° |
| Illuminated fraction | 16.06% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 14.9° / 103.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 10m / 0.10° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 182.32° / 1.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.70° / -1.15° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 130.26° / -0.93° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.