The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 9, 1902
Waxing Crescent
35.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:51 AM
10:49 PM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 35.9%
- Age
- 5.9 days
- Distance
- 395,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -252
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 | 73.48° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 106.37° |
| Illuminated fraction | 35.91% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 1.0° / 106.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 50m / -11.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 209.63° / 0.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.59° / 0.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 112.09° / -1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.