The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 7, 2179
Waxing Crescent
24.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:48 AM
10:56 PM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 24.9%
- Age
- 4.4 days
- Distance
- 366,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 3174
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 | 59.61° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 120.17° |
| Illuminated fraction | 24.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 1.5° / 104.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 48m / -9.79° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 194.83° / -4.29° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.22° / 5.84° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 122.44° / -1.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 295.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.