The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 9, 1927
Waxing Gibbous
85.3% 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
6:09 PM
2:41 AM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 85.3%
- Age
- 11.9 days
- Distance
- 385,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 57
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 | 134.82° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 45.08° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.31% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -64.9° / 57.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 04m / -23.80° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 270.88° / -0.36° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.91° / 0.77° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 38.89° / 1.18° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 268.9° |
| 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.