The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 7, 1995
Waxing Gibbous
86.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:58 PM
3:07 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.7%
- Age
- 11.0 days
- Distance
- 363,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 898
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 | 137.23° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 42.86° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -62.8° / 46.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 08m / -18.97° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 271.93° / 4.46° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.73° / -5.42° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 41.73° / -1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 273.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.