The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 7, 2046
Waxing Crescent
34.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:56 PM
11:20 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 34.6%
- Age
- 5.2 days
- Distance
- 368,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1529
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 | 71.80° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 107.99° |
| Illuminated fraction | 34.56% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -10.1° / 101.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 33m / -15.33° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 207.14° / -5.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.28° / 7.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 112.43° / -0.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.