The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 9, 2046
Waxing Gibbous
56.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
3:21 PM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 56.9%
- Age
- 7.2 days
- Distance
- 376,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1529
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 | 97.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 82.02° |
| Illuminated fraction | 56.94% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -35.1° / 93.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 26m / -23.83° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 235.13° / -4.94° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.81° / 6.59° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 87.98° / -0.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 283.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.