The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 7, 1979
Full Moon
99.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:19 PM
5:55 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.6%
- Age
- 14.6 days
- Distance
- 359,000 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 700
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For Aug 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 173.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 7.20° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.61% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -61.9° / 323.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 38m / -15.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 307.85° / 2.69° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.41° / -3.15° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 4.54° / -0.66° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 273.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.