The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 16, 2007
Waxing Crescent
13.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:23 AM
10:03 PM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 13.3%
- Age
- 3.7 days
- Distance
- 401,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1047
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Aug 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 42.59° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 137.24° |
| Illuminated fraction | 13.29% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 16.4° / 111.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 18m / -4.74° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 186.02° / -2.56° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.17° / 3.65° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 139.73° / 0.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 296.4° |
| 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.