The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, August 5, 2009
Full Moon
99.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:30 PM
6:05 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.9%
- Age
- 14.6 days
- Distance
- 405,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1071
Events on this date
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Penumbral lunar eclipse
The Moon passes through Earth's faint outer shadow and dims slightly. It starts at 7:03 PM, is deepest at 8:39 PM and ends at 10:14 PM. Partly visible from Columbus: the Moon is below the horizon for some of it.
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For Aug 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 175.94° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 4.13° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -61.5° / 316.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 46m / -17.12° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 309.31° / 0.83° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.65° / -0.80° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 2.73° / -0.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 262.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.