The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 7, 2107
Waning Gibbous
87.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:22 PM
10:07 AM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.6%
- Age
- 18.3 days
- Distance
- 403,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2283
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 | 221.23° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 41.18° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.63% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.6° / 288.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 41m / 0.46° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 355.86° / 2.29° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.62° / -2.78° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -45.01° / -1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 64.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.