The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 9, 1914
Waning Gibbous
86.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:18 PM
9:12 AM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.9%
- Age
- 17.6 days
- Distance
- 400,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- -104
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 | 222.54° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 42.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -29.7° / 300.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 52m / 1.40° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 358.78° / 2.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.96° / -2.31° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -39.72° / 0.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 64.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.