The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 7, 1938
Waxing Gibbous
88.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:13 PM
3:22 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.7%
- Age
- 11.5 days
- Distance
- 405,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 193
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,800 km.
Exact values
For Aug 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 140.67° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 39.36° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.66% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -65.5° / 41.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 22m / -20.00° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 275.14° / 3.34° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.80° / -4.10° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 40.91° / -1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 271.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.