The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 9, 2043
Waxing Crescent
21.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:22 AM
10:52 PM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 21.7%
- Age
- 4.6 days
- Distance
- 395,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1492
Events on this date
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Venus and Uranus close together
They pass 0.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 55.42° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 124.45° |
| Illuminated fraction | 21.72% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 6.1° / 103.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 44m / -5.90° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 192.41° / -1.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.44° / 1.71° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 129.08° / 1.08° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.