The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 9, 1907
New Moon
0.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:46 AM
8:09 PM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.2%
- Age
- 0.4 days
- Distance
- 401,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- -190
Events on this date
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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.
-
Mercury and Jupiter close together
They pass 2.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 4.80° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 174.61° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.22% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 63.1° / 146.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 36m / 16.88° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 140.75° / 2.42° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.05° / -2.88° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 171.89° / 0.61° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 266.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.