The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 3, 2007
Waning Gibbous
74.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:10 PM
11:44 AM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 74.7%
- Age
- 20.2 days
- Distance
- 368,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1046
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 368,900 km.
Exact values
For Aug 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 240.48° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 60.40° |
| Illuminated fraction | 74.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -2.9° / 281.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 37m / 7.24° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 11.44° / 2.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.88° / -3.44° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -61.23° / 0.70° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 65.3° |
| 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.