The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 9, 1909
Waning Crescent
36.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:36 PM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 36.9%
- Age
- 23.3 days
- Distance
- 377,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- -166
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 | 285.31° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 105.17° |
| Illuminated fraction | 36.91% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 26.9° / 272.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 00m / 19.39° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 61.74° / -1.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.04° / 1.80° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -99.41° / 1.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 77.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.