The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 7, 2161
Waning Gibbous
97.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:08 PM
8:10 AM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.5%
- Age
- 15.7 days
- Distance
- 402,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 2951
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Aug 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 197.62° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 18.24° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -40.8° / 303.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 13m / -5.66° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 333.16° / 5.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.57° / -6.25° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -15.42° / -1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 54.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.