The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, August 9, 1967
Waxing Crescent
16.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:34 AM
10:52 PM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 16.3%
- Age
- 3.5 days
- Distance
- 366,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 552
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 366,800 km.
Exact values
For Aug 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 47.48° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 132.37° |
| Illuminated fraction | 16.30% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 14.7° / 102.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 18m / 0.57° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 183.86° / 2.29° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.63° / -2.69° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 132.07° / 1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.