The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 9, 1900
Waxing Gibbous
97.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:35 PM
4:07 AM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.9%
- Age
- 14.1 days
- Distance
- 366,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- -277
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 | 163.67° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 16.75° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -65.5° / 18.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 06m / -16.23° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 300.28° / 3.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.92° / -4.75° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 11.40° / -1.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 269.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.