The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 7, 1909
Waning Gibbous
59.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:23 PM
12:14 PM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 59.1%
- Age
- 21.3 days
- Distance
- 370,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- -166
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Aug 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 259.58° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 79.46° |
| Illuminated fraction | 59.15% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 2.1° / 280.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 12m / 9.76° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 34.09° / -3.32° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.64° / 4.64° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -74.97° / 1.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 71.0° |
| 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.