The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 9, 2039
Waning Gibbous
70.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:46 PM
12:06 PM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 70.5%
- Age
- 19.3 days
- Distance
- 394,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1442
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 | 245.85° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 65.79° |
| Illuminated fraction | 70.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 0.9° / 275.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 31m / 4.86° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 22.80° / -4.31° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.91° / 5.90° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -60.02° / 1.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.