The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 7, 2079
Waxing Gibbous
77.6% 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
5:31 PM
1:37 AM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 77.6%
- Age
- 10.3 days
- Distance
- 404,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1937
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,900 km.
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Mars, Mercury, and Neptune gathered
All within 4.2° of each other in the sky.
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Mercury and Neptune close together
They pass 0.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 123.52° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 56.45° |
| Illuminated fraction | 77.63% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -58.0° / 77.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 10m / -27.03° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 258.88° / -4.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.33° / 5.58° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 57.34° / 1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 271.9° |
| 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.