The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 7, 2136
Waxing Gibbous
76.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:31 PM
1:22 AM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 76.5%
- Age
- 9.6 days
- Distance
- 367,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 2642
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 367,800 km.
Exact values
For Aug 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 122.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 57.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 76.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -57.2° / 80.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 04m / -27.81° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 257.66° / -4.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.80° / 6.67° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 58.15° / 1.13° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 272.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.