The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 7, 2040
New Moon
0.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
5:55 AM
8:57 PM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.3%
- Age
- 29.3 days
- Distance
- 405,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1454
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 3.2° apart in the sky.
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
Exact values
For Aug 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 356.13° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 173.87° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.29% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 63.5° / 127.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 03m / 21.77° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 131.89° / 4.74° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.11° / -6.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -177.54° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 158.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.