The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 9, 1949
Waning Gibbous
99.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:28 PM
7:11 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.2%
- Age
- 14.9 days
- Distance
- 397,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 329
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 | 189.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 10.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.15% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -51.7° / 297.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 01m / -16.43° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 326.52° / -3.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.51° / 5.48° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -5.83° / 1.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 94.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.