The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 7, 1934
Waning Crescent
6.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 75°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:47 AM
7:18 PM
75°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 6.4%
- Age
- 27.0 days
- Distance
- 405,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 143
Events on this date
-
Moon and Mars close together
They pass 1.5° apart in the sky.
-
Mars, Moon, and Venus gathered
All within 2.9° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 2.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 330.76° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 150.60° |
| Illuminated fraction | 6.44% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 73.9° / 199.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 07m / 24.82° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 105.20° / 2.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.47° / -2.66° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -148.23° / -0.13° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 100.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.