The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, August 8, 2007
Waning Crescent
20.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 78°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:39 AM
5:50 PM
78°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 20.5%
- Age
- 25.2 days
- Distance
- 374,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1046
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Aug 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 306.41° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 126.13° |
| Illuminated fraction | 20.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 60.3° / 256.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 24m / 28.26° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 82.16° / 5.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.59° / -6.31° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -122.32° / 0.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 89.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.