The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 9, 2011
Waxing Gibbous
82.7% 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
5:45 PM
2:22 AM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 82.7%
- Age
- 9.9 days
- Distance
- 381,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1096
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 | 130.70° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 49.20° |
| Illuminated fraction | 82.67% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -61.4° / 62.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 49m / -22.94° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 267.44° / 0.47° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.69° / -0.39° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 54.54° / -1.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 271.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.