The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 9, 1913
Waxing Gibbous
56.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:10 PM
11:34 PM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 56.0%
- Age
- 7.2 days
- Distance
- 379,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- -116
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 | 96.80° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 83.08° |
| Illuminated fraction | 56.02% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -22.3° / 102.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 19m / -22.88° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 233.27° / -4.43° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.35° / 6.05° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 89.66° / 0.98° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 284.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.