The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 9, 1992
Waxing Gibbous
87.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:18 PM
3:01 AM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.6%
- Age
- 10.9 days
- Distance
- 400,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 861
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 | 138.74° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 41.16° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.64% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -66.7° / 48.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 26m / -22.75° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 276.04° / 0.55° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.19° / -0.51° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 46.13° / -1.19° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 267.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.