The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 9, 1988
Waning Crescent
7.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 77°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:27 AM
7:20 PM
77°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 7.6%
- Age
- 26.8 days
- Distance
- 398,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 811
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 | 328.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 147.94° |
| Illuminated fraction | 7.63% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 75.2° / 209.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 10m / 26.97° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 105.57° / 4.47° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.22° / -5.59° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -142.99° / 0.71° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 103.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.