The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 9, 2007
Waning Crescent
12.3% 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
2:39 AM
6:46 PM
78°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 12.3%
- Age
- 26.2 days
- Distance
- 377,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1046
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Aug 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 319.26° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 138.95° |
| Illuminated fraction | 12.29% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 70.5° / 236.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 27m / 27.90° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 95.96° / 4.60° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.44° / -5.71° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -134.56° / 0.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 97.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.