The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 9, 1929
Waxing Crescent
24.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:38 AM
11:22 PM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 24.9%
- Age
- 4.5 days
- Distance
- 383,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 82
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 | 59.76° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 120.09° |
| Illuminated fraction | 24.93% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 3.2° / 98.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 04m / -4.07° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 196.31° / 2.54° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 8.29° / -2.98° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 127.44° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.