The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 7, 2022
Waxing Gibbous
74.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:02 PM
1:25 AM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 74.1%
- Age
- 9.9 days
- Distance
- 366,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 1232
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 | 118.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 61.23° |
| Illuminated fraction | 74.07% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -52.8° / 78.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 49m / -24.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 253.82° / -2.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.20° / 3.10° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 56.53° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 275.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.