The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 9, 1971
Waning Gibbous
88.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:06 PM
9:57 AM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.8%
- Age
- 18.3 days
- Distance
- 363,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 601
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 | 219.02° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 39.06° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.82% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -22.1° / 291.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 38m / 1.37° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 355.43° / 3.47° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.43° / -4.10° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -38.42° / -0.05° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 62.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.