The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 7, 2000
Waxing Gibbous
56.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:46 PM
12:48 AM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 56.3%
- Age
- 7.6 days
- Distance
- 396,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 960
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 | 97.15° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 82.72° |
| Illuminated fraction | 56.33% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -30.6° / 82.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 26m / -13.92° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 232.59° / 4.65° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.25° / -5.67° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 89.14° / 0.59° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 284.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.