The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 7, 2012
Waning Gibbous
69.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:17 PM
12:23 PM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 69.9%
- Age
- 19.5 days
- Distance
- 399,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1108
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 | 246.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 66.58° |
| Illuminated fraction | 69.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 3.5° / 281.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 17m / 11.66° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 22.22° / 3.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.13° / -3.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -62.62° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 66.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.