The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 7, 2009
Waning Gibbous
97.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:18 PM
8:07 AM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.5%
- Age
- 16.6 days
- Distance
- 401,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1071
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 | 197.95° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 18.12° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -41.6° / 300.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 16m / -7.64° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 333.23° / 2.88° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.41° / -3.41° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -21.65° / -0.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 60.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.