The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 7, 1999
Waning Crescent
18.5% 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
2:37 AM
5:25 PM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 18.5%
- Age
- 25.6 days
- Distance
- 366,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 947
Events on this date
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Uranus at opposition
Opposite the Sun in the sky: up all night and at its brightest for the year.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 366,700 km.
Exact values
For Aug 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 309.33° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 129.11° |
| Illuminated fraction | 18.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 57.1° / 238.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 35m / 19.32° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 84.05° / -3.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.16° / 5.49° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -128.77° / 0.08° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 83.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.