The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 7, 2103
Waxing Crescent
18.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:03 AM
10:28 PM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 18.6%
- Age
- 4.7 days
- Distance
- 404,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2234
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 | 50.84° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 128.85° |
| Illuminated fraction | 18.63% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 9.5° / 108.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 12m / -6.89° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 185.44° / -5.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.74° / 7.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 125.45° / -0.83° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 297.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.