The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 7, 2001
Waning Gibbous
89.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:44 PM
9:35 AM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.7%
- Age
- 17.8 days
- Distance
- 405,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 972
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 | 217.29° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 37.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -26.6° / 282.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 40m / -7.59° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 352.50° / -5.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.83° / 6.80° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -40.24° / 1.05° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 73.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.