The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 9, 2036
Waning Gibbous
94.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:07 PM
8:52 AM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.2%
- Age
- 17.2 days
- Distance
- 403,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1405
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 | 207.76° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 27.79° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.23% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -34.3° / 290.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 10m / -8.07° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 345.41° / -2.51° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.30° / 3.49° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -31.22° / 0.02° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 72.6° |
| 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.