The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 4, 2007
Waning Gibbous
64.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:37 PM
12:58 PM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 64.0%
- Age
- 21.2 days
- Distance
- 369,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1046
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Aug 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 253.78° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 73.68° |
| Illuminated fraction | 64.05% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 9.7° / 278.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 29m / 13.58° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 25.69° / 3.92° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.80° / -4.73° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -73.43° / 0.67° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.