The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 9, 1986
Waxing Crescent
15.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:31 AM
10:45 PM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 15.7%
- Age
- 3.9 days
- Distance
- 382,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 787
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 2.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 46.50° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 133.37° |
| Illuminated fraction | 15.66% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 15.4° / 103.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 15m / 0.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 183.27° / 1.71° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.22° / -1.98° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 128.26° / 1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.