The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 9, 2005
Waxing Crescent
17.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:50 AM
10:47 PM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 17.8%
- Age
- 4.5 days
- Distance
- 398,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1022
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 | 49.84° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 130.04° |
| Illuminated fraction | 17.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 11.9° / 103.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 27m / -2.12° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 187.00° / 0.72° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.73° / -0.71° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 124.45° / 1.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.