The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 1, 2009
Waxing Gibbous
83.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:06 PM
2:15 AM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 83.8%
- Age
- 10.6 days
- Distance
- 403,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1071
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Aug 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 132.47° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 47.50° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.78% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -64.5° / 66.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 24m / -26.47° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 262.01° / -3.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.51° / 4.44° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 51.51° / -0.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 270.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.