The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 10, 2009
Waning Gibbous
80.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:26 PM
11:11 AM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 80.7%
- Age
- 19.6 days
- Distance
- 392,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1071
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Aug 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 232.11° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 52.16° |
| Illuminated fraction | 80.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -8.8° / 288.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 30m / 8.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 10.27° / 4.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.15° / -6.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -58.23° / -0.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 62.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.