The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 9, 1991
New Moon
0.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:58 AM
8:16 PM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.3%
- Age
- 28.9 days
- Distance
- 360,800 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 848
Events on this date
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
Exact values
For Aug 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 353.92° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 173.60° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.31% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 60.8° / 142.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 50m / 15.74° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 130.50° / -1.94° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.27° / 2.90° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -171.93° / -0.74° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 84.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.