The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 9, 2030
Waxing Gibbous
81.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:38 PM
2:18 AM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 81.8%
- Age
- 10.2 days
- Distance
- 366,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1331
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 366,700 km.
Exact values
For Aug 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 129.47° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 50.43° |
| Illuminated fraction | 81.85% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -60.1° / 62.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 45m / -22.32° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 266.60° / 1.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.67° / -1.12° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 50.74° / -1.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 271.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.