The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 9, 1910
Waxing Crescent
20.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:58 AM
10:09 PM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 20.0%
- Age
- 4.4 days
- Distance
- 398,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -153
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 2.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 52.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 126.86° |
| Illuminated fraction | 20.01% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 21.1° / 110.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 39m / -0.34° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 189.14° / 3.58° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.67° / -4.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 130.73° / 1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.