The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 7, 2196
Waxing Gibbous
98.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:53 PM
5:17 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.5%
- Age
- 13.0 days
- Distance
- 401,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 3384
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 | 165.78° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 14.27° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -66.9° / 336.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 15m / -18.19° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 301.84° / 1.58° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.56° / -1.81° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 17.95° / -0.88° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 262.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.