The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 7, 2106
Waxing Gibbous
59.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:15 PM
12:41 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 59.7%
- Age
- 8.0 days
- Distance
- 399,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 2271
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 | 101.02° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 78.84° |
| Illuminated fraction | 59.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -35.5° / 84.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 35m / -18.17° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 235.88° / 1.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.19° / -1.18° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 84.37° / -1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 283.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.