The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 9, 2038
Waxing Gibbous
70.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:20 PM
1:30 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 70.3%
- Age
- 8.6 days
- Distance
- 372,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1430
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 | 113.82° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 66.07° |
| Illuminated fraction | 70.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -46.6° / 76.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 39m / -19.60° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 251.01° / 2.51° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.95° / -2.84° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 69.34° / 0.96° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 278.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.