The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 3, 2009
Waxing Gibbous
95.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:29 PM
4:05 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.0%
- Age
- 12.6 days
- Distance
- 406,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1071
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,000 km.
Exact values
For Aug 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 154.23° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 25.74° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.04% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -73.9° / 7.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 09m / -23.84° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 285.68° / -1.33° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.46° / 1.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 27.12° / -0.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 260.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.