The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 9, 1936
Last Quarter
52.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:17 PM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 52.5%
- Age
- 22.0 days
- Distance
- 370,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 168
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.6° apart in the sky.
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Aug 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 267.26° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 87.13° |
| Illuminated fraction | 52.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 23.3° / 276.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 42m / 19.77° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 44.12° / 3.87° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.28° / -4.70° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -84.07° / -1.10° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 71.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.