The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, August 7, 2097
New Moon
0.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
6:12 AM
9:10 PM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.2%
- Age
- 29.3 days
- Distance
- 363,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 2159
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
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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 | 360.00° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 175.04° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.19% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 60.2° / 123.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 20m / 20.76° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 135.98° / 4.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.74° / -6.21° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -176.72° / 1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 203.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.