The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 7, 1936
Waning Gibbous
74.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:56 PM
11:52 AM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 74.6%
- Age
- 20.0 days
- Distance
- 367,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 168
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 | 240.56° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 60.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 74.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -1.5° / 285.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 49m / 10.74° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 15.49° / 5.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.12° / -6.19° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -59.66° / -1.05° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 64.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.