The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 9, 1999
Waning Crescent
4.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:30 AM
7:23 PM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.3%
- Age
- 27.6 days
- Distance
- 368,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 947
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 1.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 336.26° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 156.14° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.27% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 69.4° / 180.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 38m / 19.70° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 112.90° / -1.82° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.08° / 2.65° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -153.25° / 0.14° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 94.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.