The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 9, 1951
Waxing Crescent
40.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:35 PM
11:41 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 40.7%
- Age
- 6.7 days
- Distance
- 377,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 354
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 | 79.15° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 100.67° |
| Illuminated fraction | 40.74% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -16.9° / 99.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 06m / -17.40° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 215.41° / -4.32° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.14° / 5.83° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 94.77° / 0.67° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.5° |
| 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.