The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 7, 1919
Waxing Gibbous
83.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:41 PM
2:38 AM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 83.4%
- Age
- 11.4 days
- Distance
- 398,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- -42
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 | 131.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 48.02° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.44% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -61.0° / 58.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 43m / -21.26° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 265.99° / 2.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.02° / -2.50° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 44.69° / -1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 273.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.