The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 9, 1982
Waning Gibbous
78.6% 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
11:26 PM
11:08 AM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 78.6%
- Age
- 19.9 days
- Distance
- 385,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 737
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 | 235.00° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 55.05° |
| Illuminated fraction | 78.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -9.6° / 277.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 51m / -0.14° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 11.74° / -5.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.85° / 7.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -60.85° / 0.89° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 71.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.