The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 9, 2016
Waxing Crescent
39.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
1:11 PM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 39.8%
- Age
- 6.8 days
- Distance
- 404,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1158
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,300 km.
Exact values
For Aug 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 78.02° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 101.80° |
| Illuminated fraction | 39.78% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -13.3° / 91.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 18m / -9.42° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 215.51° / 4.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.91° / -5.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 101.99° / -0.70° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.