The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 7, 1942
Waning Crescent
17.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:49 AM
5:25 PM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 17.5%
- Age
- 25.2 days
- Distance
- 405,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 242
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,400 km.
Exact values
For Aug 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 310.80° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 130.50° |
| Illuminated fraction | 17.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 57.6° / 235.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 40m / 18.46° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 85.30° / -4.90° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.84° / 6.73° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -129.56° / -0.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 83.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.