The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 9, 1931
Waning Crescent
21.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 78°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:36 AM
5:42 PM
78°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 21.6%
- Age
- 25.2 days
- Distance
- 383,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 106
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 | 304.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 124.60° |
| Illuminated fraction | 21.61% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 58.9° / 257.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 19m / 28.07° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 80.97° / 4.94° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.29° / -6.18° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -131.55° / 1.22° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 89.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.