The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 7, 2187
Waxing Crescent
13.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:04 AM
10:59 PM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 13.4%
- Age
- 3.0 days
- Distance
- 362,500 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 3273
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 | 42.64° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 137.02° |
| Illuminated fraction | 13.42% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.2° / 100.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 00m / 5.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 177.91° / 5.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.74° / -6.32° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 141.10° / 0.94° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.