The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 7, 2147
Waxing Gibbous
78.7% 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
5:03 PM
2:23 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 78.7%
- Age
- 11.0 days
- Distance
- 373,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 2778
Events on this date
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Mercury and Mars close together
They pass 0.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 125.10° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 54.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 78.73% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -54.2° / 62.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 18m / -18.11° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 260.05° / 4.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.37° / -6.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 47.93° / -0.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 277.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.