The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 7, 2061
Waning Gibbous
61.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:50 PM
1:15 PM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 61.4%
- Age
- 21.6 days
- Distance
- 373,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1714
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 | 256.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 76.77° |
| Illuminated fraction | 61.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 12.7° / 277.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 59m / 14.03° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 32.59° / 1.77° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.62° / -1.92° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -80.43° / 1.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 69.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.