The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 9, 2019
Waxing Gibbous
70.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:16 PM
1:34 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 70.2%
- Age
- 8.5 days
- Distance
- 387,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1195
Events on this date
-
Mercury at greatest elongation
19° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
-
Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 2.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 113.75° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 66.16° |
| Illuminated fraction | 70.21% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -46.1° / 75.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 38m / -18.91° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 250.54° / 3.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.68° / -3.67° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 73.15° / 0.80° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 279.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.