The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 9, 1998
Waning Gibbous
96.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:45 PM
8:16 AM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.7%
- Age
- 17.1 days
- Distance
- 368,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 935
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 | 200.82° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 20.78° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -40.3° / 295.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 38m / -9.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 337.69° / -0.57° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.57° / 0.98° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -23.63° / -0.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.