The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 7, 2050
Waning Gibbous
72.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:18 PM
12:05 PM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 72.2%
- Age
- 19.8 days
- Distance
- 368,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1578
Events on this date
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Jupiter behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
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Venus at greatest elongation
46° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Aug 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 243.75° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 63.65° |
| Illuminated fraction | 72.19% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 0.6° / 281.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 07m / 9.62° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 19.12° / 2.31° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.73° / -2.70° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -58.01° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 66.5° |
| 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.