The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 9, 2047
Waning Gibbous
85.2% 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
10:11 PM
10:33 AM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 85.2%
- Age
- 17.7 days
- Distance
- 398,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1541
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 | 225.10° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 45.22° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.22% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -15.6° / 290.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 00m / 5.48° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 2.13° / 5.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.75° / -6.28° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -41.40° / -0.88° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 61.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.