The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 9, 2042
Waning Crescent
36.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:34 AM
3:59 PM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 36.5%
- Age
- 23.4 days
- Distance
- 375,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1479
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 | 285.83° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 105.67° |
| Illuminated fraction | 36.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 40.9° / 268.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 01m / 24.17° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 63.05° / 3.47° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.88° / -4.22° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -101.05° / 1.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 79.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.