The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 9, 1906
Waning Gibbous
72.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:44 PM
10:48 AM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 72.6%
- Age
- 19.2 days
- Distance
- 396,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- -203
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 | 243.16° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 63.13° |
| Illuminated fraction | 72.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -13.2° / 285.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 19m / 3.04° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 19.32° / -4.89° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.79° / 6.65° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -58.34° / 0.17° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.