The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 7, 2131
Waxing Gibbous
98.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:08 PM
4:56 AM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.0%
- Age
- 14.3 days
- Distance
- 382,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2580
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
19° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Aug 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 163.91° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 16.13° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.03% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -70.8° / 335.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 05m / -21.92° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 298.72° / -1.55° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.53° / 2.29° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 10.73° / 0.86° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 251.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.