The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 7, 2023
Waning Gibbous
58.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:31 PM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 58.4%
- Age
- 20.9 days
- Distance
- 378,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1244
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 | 260.50° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 80.36° |
| Illuminated fraction | 58.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 15.6° / 274.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 12m / 13.95° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 35.41° / 0.66° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.65° / -0.56° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -72.82° / 1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.