The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 9, 1980
Waning Crescent
1.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
5:25 AM
7:58 PM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.3%
- Age
- 28.4 days
- Distance
- 391,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 712
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 2.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 346.84° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 166.73° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.34% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 65.6° / 154.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 24m / 17.81° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 124.04° / -1.47° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.40° / 2.18° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -161.68° / -0.04° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 95.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.