The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, August 9, 1944
Waning Gibbous
66.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:32 PM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 66.2%
- Age
- 20.4 days
- Distance
- 369,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 267
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 | 251.12° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 71.07° |
| Illuminated fraction | 66.22% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 5.2° / 272.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 52m / 5.86° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 28.03° / -5.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.64° / 7.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -65.43° / 0.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 71.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.