The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, August 9, 1922
Waning Gibbous
96.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:34 PM
8:28 AM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.3%
- Age
- 16.1 days
- Distance
- 404,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- -5
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 2.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 202.02° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 22.04° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.35% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -38.2° / 297.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 37m / -6.66° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 338.27° / 1.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.74° / -2.29° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -20.62° / -1.12° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 64.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.