The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 7, 1939
Waning Gibbous
57.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:33 PM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 57.5%
- Age
- 21.8 days
- Distance
- 392,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 205
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 2.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 261.57° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 81.43° |
| Illuminated fraction | 57.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 16.2° / 273.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 14m / 13.20° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 35.82° / -0.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.90° / 0.58° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -88.46° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.