The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 9, 2020
Waning Gibbous
68.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:51 PM
12:17 PM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 68.9%
- Age
- 19.9 days
- Distance
- 404,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1207
Events on this date
-
Moon and Mars close together
They pass 0.7° apart in the sky.
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,600 km.
Exact values
For Aug 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 247.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 67.74° |
| Illuminated fraction | 68.94% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 2.6° / 274.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 41m / 5.56° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 25.33° / -4.55° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.53° / 6.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -68.43° / 1.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.