The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 7, 2096
Waning Gibbous
86.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:54 PM
10:10 AM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.1%
- Age
- 18.9 days
- Distance
- 374,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2147
Events on this date
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Mercury, Neptune, and Venus gathered
All within 4.8° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 223.67° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 43.73° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.13% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.2° / 281.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 06m / -3.93° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 359.88° / -4.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.24° / 5.81° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -47.03° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 71.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.