The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 7, 2060
Waxing Gibbous
79.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:42 PM
1:46 AM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.2%
- Age
- 11.1 days
- Distance
- 393,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1702
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 | 125.74° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 54.23° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.23% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -59.8° / 75.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 23m / -26.98° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 261.66° / -3.82° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.89° / 5.21° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 48.93° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 270.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.