The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 7, 2073
Waxing Crescent
20.2% 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
11:02 AM
11:19 PM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 20.2%
- Age
- 4.0 days
- Distance
- 366,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1863
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 | 53.28° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 126.51° |
| Illuminated fraction | 20.25% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 9.7° / 99.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 39m / 0.00° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 189.07° / 3.91° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.53° / -4.74° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 127.28° / -0.17° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.