The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 9, 1903
Waning Gibbous
98.3% 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
8:09 PM
6:49 AM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.3%
- Age
- 16.2 days
- Distance
- 403,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- -240
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 | 194.66° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 14.94° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.31% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -52.8° / 321.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 06m / -8.37° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 330.58° / 3.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.07° / -3.76° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -17.35° / -1.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 58.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.