The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 7, 2121
Waning Crescent
28.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 75°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:04 AM
4:46 PM
75°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 28.8%
- Age
- 24.0 days
- Distance
- 384,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 2456
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 | 295.32° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 115.14° |
| Illuminated fraction | 28.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 49.6° / 262.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 33m / 25.62° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 70.54° / 3.65° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.24° / -4.43° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -108.48° / -0.60° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 82.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.