The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 9, 1948
Waxing Crescent
27.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:55 AM
11:25 PM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 27.1%
- Age
- 4.5 days
- Distance
- 369,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 317
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 2.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 62.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 117.26° |
| Illuminated fraction | 27.10% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 0.4° / 98.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 15m / -6.12° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 199.55° / 1.65° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.34° / -1.81° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 123.63° / 1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.