The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 7, 2160
Waxing Crescent
35.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:02 PM
11:32 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 35.9%
- Age
- 5.3 days
- Distance
- 377,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2939
Events on this date
-
Jupiter, Moon, and Saturn gathered
All within 6.0° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 73.41° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 106.42° |
| Illuminated fraction | 35.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -11.3° / 100.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 43m / -14.89° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 209.18° / -3.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 8.56° / 5.40° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 114.01° / -1.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.