The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, August 9, 2000
Waxing Gibbous
74.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:42 PM
1:56 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 74.6%
- Age
- 9.6 days
- Distance
- 403,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 960
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 | 119.44° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 60.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 74.63% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -50.9° / 70.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 04m / -19.57° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 256.80° / 3.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.85° / -3.82° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 64.72° / 0.63° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 277.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.