The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 7, 2059
Waning Crescent
0.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
5:35 AM
8:48 PM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.6%
- Age
- 28.9 days
- Distance
- 401,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1689
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 | 352.71° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 171.24° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 66.5° / 131.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 47m / 22.95° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 127.91° / 4.83° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.86° / -6.15° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -169.10° / 1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 138.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.