The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, August 9, 1995
Waxing Gibbous
98.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:38 PM
5:20 AM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.1%
- Age
- 13.0 days
- Distance
- 363,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 898
Events on this date
-
Moon, Neptune, and Uranus gathered
All within 5.6° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 164.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 15.80° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.11% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -64.2° / 342.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 11m / -14.91° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 301.57° / 5.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.16° / -6.15° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 17.36° / -1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 274.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.