The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 7, 2066
Waning Gibbous
94.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:33 PM
8:54 AM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.6%
- Age
- 16.2 days
- Distance
- 370,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1776
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 | 206.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 26.91° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -33.1° / 297.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 47m / -2.72° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 342.10° / 4.65° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.94° / -5.70° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -20.81° / -0.98° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 59.0° |
| 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.