The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 7, 2015
Waning Crescent
43.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:43 AM
2:48 PM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 43.7%
- Age
- 22.6 days
- Distance
- 376,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1145
Events on this date
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Mercury and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 277.42° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 97.27° |
| Illuminated fraction | 43.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 29.8° / 263.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 24m / 14.50° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 52.27° / -3.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.97° / 5.44° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -91.45° / -1.12° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 74.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.