The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 8, 2009
Waning Gibbous
93.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:40 PM
9:08 AM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.6%
- Age
- 17.6 days
- Distance
- 399,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1071
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Aug 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 209.15° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 29.29° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.61% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -31.0° / 295.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 00m / -2.31° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 345.39° / 3.74° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.55° / -4.52° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -33.84° / -0.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 61.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.