The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 7, 2042
Waning Gibbous
58.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:29 PM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 58.9%
- Age
- 21.4 days
- Distance
- 369,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1479
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 3.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 259.85° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 79.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 58.93% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 15.2° / 275.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 10m / 14.48° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 35.15° / 1.32° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.15° / -1.37° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -76.62° / 1.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.