The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 7, 2054
Waxing Crescent
21.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:10 AM
11:22 PM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 21.2%
- Age
- 3.9 days
- Distance
- 367,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1628
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 2.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 54.71° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 125.10° |
| Illuminated fraction | 21.25% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 8.3° / 98.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 43m / -0.76° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 190.11° / 3.52° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.77° / -4.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 131.08° / -0.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.