The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, August 7, 2052
Waxing Gibbous
91.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:30 PM
3:55 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 91.5%
- Age
- 12.6 days
- Distance
- 398,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1603
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
19° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Aug 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 146.36° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 33.89° |
| Illuminated fraction | 91.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -66.1° / 26.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 51m / -17.80° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 282.22° / 5.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.11° / -6.30° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 30.34° / -1.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 272.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.