The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 7, 2018
Waning Crescent
19.6% 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
2:28 AM
5:19 PM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 19.6%
- Age
- 25.5 days
- Distance
- 366,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1182
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 | 307.61° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 127.41° |
| Illuminated fraction | 19.63% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 56.1° / 241.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 29m / 19.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 82.71° / -3.63° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.40° / 5.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -132.57° / 0.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 83.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.