The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 9, 1938
Waxing Gibbous
97.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:28 PM
5:10 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.5%
- Age
- 13.5 days
- Distance
- 404,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 193
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 | 162.49° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 18.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -65.7° / 347.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 00m / -15.92° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 298.88° / 4.56° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.13° / -5.66° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 16.53° / -1.58° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 271.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.