The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 9, 1940
Waxing Crescent
40.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
1:21 PM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 40.7%
- Age
- 5.8 days
- Distance
- 370,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 218
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 | 79.14° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 100.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 40.70% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -15.0° / 93.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 18m / -11.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 216.03° / 2.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.12° / -2.34° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 105.00° / -1.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.