The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 7, 2011
Waxing Gibbous
63.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:50 PM
12:37 AM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 63.5%
- Age
- 7.9 days
- Distance
- 374,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 1096
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 | 105.55° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 74.32° |
| Illuminated fraction | 63.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -40.8° / 86.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 51m / -22.09° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 240.37° / -1.91° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.39° / 2.67° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 78.95° / -1.23° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 281.4° |
| 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.