The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 7, 2134
Waning Gibbous
93.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:20 PM
8:55 AM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.5%
- Age
- 17.0 days
- Distance
- 406,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 2617
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,100 km.
Exact values
For Aug 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 209.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 29.64° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -33.8° / 286.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 10m / -9.95° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 344.53° / -4.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.47° / 5.77° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -30.21° / 1.59° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 75.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.