The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 7, 2186
Waning Gibbous
56.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:09 AM
1:28 PM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 56.9%
- Age
- 22.0 days
- Distance
- 382,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 3260
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 262.22° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 82.11° |
| Illuminated fraction | 56.86% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 15.4° / 268.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 28m / 9.17° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 37.72° / -5.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.80° / 7.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -89.06° / 0.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 72.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.