The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 9, 2013
Waxing Crescent
7.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:23 AM
9:45 PM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 7.5%
- Age
- 2.8 days
- Distance
- 392,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1121
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 4.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 31.57° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 148.13° |
| Illuminated fraction | 7.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 27.3° / 115.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 13m / 0.76° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 168.80° / -3.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.39° / 5.56° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 143.12° / -1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 299.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.