The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 9, 2014
Waxing Gibbous
98.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:36 PM
5:17 AM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.0%
- Age
- 13.7 days
- Distance
- 358,000 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1133
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 | 164.36° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 16.36° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.98% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -64.5° / 343.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 10m / -14.99° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 301.36° / 4.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.23° / -6.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 13.55° / -1.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 273.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.