The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, August 7, 2069
Waning Gibbous
73.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:15 PM
11:53 AM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 73.9%
- Age
- 20.2 days
- Distance
- 368,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1813
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 368,700 km.
Exact values
For Aug 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 241.53° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 61.42° |
| Illuminated fraction | 73.92% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -1.4° / 282.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 01m / 8.47° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 17.29° / 1.83° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.31° / -2.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -61.82° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.9° |
| 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.