The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 7, 1944
Waning Gibbous
85.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:03 PM
10:09 AM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 85.9%
- Age
- 18.4 days
- Distance
- 362,400 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 267
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 | 223.95° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 44.04° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.94% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.3° / 281.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 03m / -4.66° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 358.94° / -4.62° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.85° / 6.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -41.04° / 0.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 71.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.