The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 7, 1966
Waning Gibbous
68.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:47 PM
12:24 PM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 68.0%
- Age
- 20.5 days
- Distance
- 401,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 539
Events on this date
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Jupiter, Mars, and Venus gathered
All within 2.2° of each other in the sky.
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Venus and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 248.97° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 68.85° |
| Illuminated fraction | 68.04% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 3.8° / 275.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 31m / 7.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 23.67° / -2.33° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.60° / 3.38° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -73.65° / 1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 69.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.