The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 4, 2009
Waxing Gibbous
98.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:02 PM
5:04 AM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.3%
- Age
- 13.6 days
- Distance
- 405,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1071
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Aug 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 165.06° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 14.90° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.32% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -69.5° / 334.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 58m / -20.92° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 297.48° / -0.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.11° / 0.59° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 14.92° / -0.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 256.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.