The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 7, 2020
Waning Gibbous
84.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:04 PM
10:20 AM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.7%
- Age
- 17.9 days
- Distance
- 402,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1207
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 | 225.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 45.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.4° / 280.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 14m / -4.11° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 1.47° / -5.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.94° / 6.94° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -44.03° / 1.21° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 71.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.