The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, August 7, 2109
Waxing Gibbous
88.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:09 PM
3:24 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.3%
- Age
- 10.8 days
- Distance
- 373,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2308
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 | 140.20° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 39.96° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.33% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -64.0° / 40.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 22m / -18.46° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 275.32° / 4.86° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.91° / -5.91° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 43.36° / -0.76° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 273.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.