The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 7, 2158
Waxing Gibbous
93.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:13 PM
3:48 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.5%
- Age
- 13.0 days
- Distance
- 394,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2914
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 1.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 150.35° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 29.60° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -73.1° / 19.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 08m / -23.67° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 285.63° / -1.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.96° / 1.79° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 25.52° / -0.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 260.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.