The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 7, 2025
Waxing Gibbous
96.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:03 PM
4:22 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.7%
- Age
- 13.9 days
- Distance
- 387,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1269
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 | 159.52° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 20.84° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.73% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -75.0° / 345.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 51m / -25.26° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 294.93° / -4.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.91° / 5.70° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 15.55° / 0.92° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.