The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, August 7, 2171
Waxing Crescent
37.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
1:01 PM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 37.3%
- Age
- 5.8 days
- Distance
- 370,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 3075
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 | 75.17° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 104.69° |
| Illuminated fraction | 37.32% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -11.3° / 94.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 55m / -10.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 210.30° / 1.38° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.05° / -1.47° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 103.79° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.