The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 9, 1901
Waning Crescent
24.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:51 AM
3:49 PM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 24.3%
- Age
- 24.8 days
- Distance
- 372,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- -265
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 | 301.07° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 120.92° |
| Illuminated fraction | 24.31% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 40.4° / 262.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 06m / 20.43° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 77.45° / -2.44° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.20° / 3.56° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -118.04° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 82.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.