The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 9, 2009
Waning Gibbous
87.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:02 PM
10:09 AM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.9%
- Age
- 18.6 days
- Distance
- 396,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1071
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Aug 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 220.52° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 40.63° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.95% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.1° / 292.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 45m / 3.17° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 357.72° / 4.45° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.48° / -5.43° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -46.04° / -0.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 61.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.