The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 9, 2044
Waning Gibbous
99.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:10 PM
7:12 AM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.4%
- Age
- 16.0 days
- Distance
- 398,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1504
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 | 188.79° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 8.87° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.40% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -51.1° / 302.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 57m / -13.92° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 326.51° / -1.32° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.33° / 2.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -12.63° / 0.68° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 80.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.