The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 7, 2100
Waxing Crescent
3.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:23 AM
9:42 PM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.6%
- Age
- 1.7 days
- Distance
- 372,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 2197
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 0.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 21.97° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 157.97° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 38.2° / 114.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 36m / 8.93° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 157.26° / 0.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.90° / 0.14° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 154.38° / 0.65° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.