The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 9, 2015
Waning Crescent
23.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:13 AM
4:47 PM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 23.5%
- Age
- 24.6 days
- Distance
- 385,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1145
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 | 302.29° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 122.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 23.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 51.2° / 245.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 14m / 17.98° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 79.06° / -5.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.76° / 6.88° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -115.90° / -1.08° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 81.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.