The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 7, 1998
Full Moon
99.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:24 PM
6:01 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.7%
- Age
- 15.1 days
- Distance
- 374,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 935
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 2.6° apart in the sky.
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
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Penumbral lunar eclipse
The Moon passes through Earth's faint outer shadow and dims slightly. It starts at 9:35 PM, is deepest at 10:25 PM and ends at 11:14 PM. Visible from Columbus from start to finish.
Exact values
For Aug 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 174.50° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 5.83° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.74% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -61.4° / 321.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 45m / -15.98° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 309.46° / 1.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.02° / -2.28° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 0.74° / -0.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 270.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.