The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 7, 2010
Waning Crescent
8.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:28 AM
6:50 PM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.7%
- Age
- 26.8 days
- Distance
- 366,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1083
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 | 325.75° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 145.67° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.71% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 70.3° / 212.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 47m / 23.07° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 100.80° / 0.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.68° / 0.22° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -151.23° / -0.85° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 94.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.