The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 7, 2003
Waxing Gibbous
75.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:11 PM
1:37 AM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 75.9%
- Age
- 9.4 days
- Distance
- 369,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 997
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 | 121.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 58.82° |
| Illuminated fraction | 75.89% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -54.7° / 75.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 58m / -24.37° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 255.83° / -1.70° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.97° / 2.52° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 60.32° / 1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 274.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.