The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 7, 2051
Waxing Crescent
1.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:41 AM
8:59 PM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.3%
- Age
- 1.0 days
- Distance
- 394,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1591
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Aug 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 12.22° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 167.01° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 45.0° / 125.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 52m / 8.33° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 147.36° / -4.31° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.12° / 5.97° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 172.23° / -1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 309.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.