The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 9, 2037
Waning Crescent
4.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:24 AM
7:27 PM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.5%
- Age
- 27.6 days
- Distance
- 367,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1417
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 1.1° apart in the sky.
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Jupiter, Moon, and Uranus gathered
All within 4.3° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 1.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 335.65° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 155.59° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 70.6° / 182.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 39m / 20.94° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 113.06° / -0.53° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.18° / 1.00° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -160.85° / 0.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 97.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.