The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 9, 2001
Waning Gibbous
75.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:34 PM
11:32 AM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 75.5%
- Age
- 19.8 days
- Distance
- 400,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 972
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 | 239.40° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 59.40° |
| Illuminated fraction | 75.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -5.3° / 276.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 09m / 1.82° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 16.53° / -5.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.19° / 6.88° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -64.64° / 1.08° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.7° |
| 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.