The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 9, 2022
Waxing Gibbous
91.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:18 PM
3:13 AM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 91.5%
- Age
- 11.9 days
- Distance
- 360,700 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1232
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 | 146.17° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 33.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 91.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -74.5° / 36.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 59m / -26.87° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 283.23° / -4.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.57° / 5.60° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 32.14° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 257.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.