The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 7, 2078
New Moon
0.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
6:02 AM
9:05 PM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.2%
- Age
- 29.2 days
- Distance
- 382,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1924
Events on this date
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Mercury, Neptune, and Venus gathered
All within 3.4° of each other in the sky.
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Venus and Neptune close together
They pass 0.9° apart in the sky.
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
Exact values
For Aug 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 357.99° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 174.60° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.22% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 62.1° / 125.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 10m / 21.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 133.58° / 5.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.47° / -6.33° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -172.91° / 1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 178.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.