The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 9, 1946
Waxing Gibbous
89.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:46 PM
3:11 AM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.6%
- Age
- 12.2 days
- Distance
- 400,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 292
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 | 142.37° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 37.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.63% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -70.6° / 43.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 39m / -24.85° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 278.82° / -1.70° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.32° / 2.51° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 35.10° / 1.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 263.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.