The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 9, 1955
Waning Gibbous
66.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:25 PM
12:51 PM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 66.0%
- Age
- 21.2 days
- Distance
- 375,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 403
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 | 251.39° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 71.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 66.02% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 8.3° / 281.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 36m / 14.68° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 27.68° / 4.32° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.25° / -5.32° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -75.66° / -1.21° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.1° |
| 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.