The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 7, 2044
Waxing Gibbous
98.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:19 PM
5:05 AM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.5%
- Age
- 14.0 days
- Distance
- 403,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1504
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 2.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 166.46° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 13.89° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -70.5° / 326.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 21m / -22.85° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 302.25° / -3.29° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.88° / 4.55° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 11.74° / 0.73° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 242.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.