The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 7, 1949
Waxing Gibbous
98.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:31 PM
4:57 AM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.4%
- Age
- 12.9 days
- Distance
- 390,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 329
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 4.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 166.51° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 14.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -71.9° / 323.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 19m / -24.68° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 301.30° / -4.93° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.92° / 6.66° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 18.55° / 1.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 236.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.