The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 7, 2177
Waxing Gibbous
96.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:34 PM
4:35 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.5%
- Age
- 13.0 days
- Distance
- 405,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 3149
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
19° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Aug 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 158.28° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 21.67° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -71.2° / 353.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 43m / -21.06° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 293.96° / 0.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.01° / -0.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 21.74° / -0.67° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 260.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.