The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 9, 1912
Waning Crescent
14.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 78°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:18 AM
5:32 PM
78°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 14.4%
- Age
- 26.2 days
- Distance
- 363,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Auriga
- Lunation number
- -129
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 | 315.78° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 135.46° |
| Illuminated fraction | 14.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 57.0° / 260.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 11m / 28.41° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 92.48° / 4.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.32° / -6.17° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -140.51° / 1.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 95.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.