The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 9, 1979
Waning Gibbous
96.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:46 PM
8:20 AM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.5%
- Age
- 16.6 days
- Distance
- 358,500 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 700
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 | 201.66° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 21.61° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -39.4° / 295.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 39m / -8.49° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 338.13° / 0.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.05° / 0.22° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -19.83° / -0.59° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 68.9° |
| 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.