The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, August 7, 2024
Waxing Crescent
9.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:34 AM
10:19 PM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 9.5%
- Age
- 3.2 days
- Distance
- 404,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1257
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 | 35.72° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 144.17° |
| Illuminated fraction | 9.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 25.8° / 107.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 31m / 4.75° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 171.36° / 1.44° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.73° / -1.64° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 145.12° / 1.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.