The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 7, 2195
Waxing Crescent
4.6% 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
8:41 AM
9:33 PM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.6%
- Age
- 1.7 days
- Distance
- 362,000 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 3372
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 1.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 24.40° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 155.35° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.56% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 34.5° / 117.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 40m / 4.96° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 159.73° / -3.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.90° / 4.49° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 159.76° / -0.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 299.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.