The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 9, 2049
Waxing Gibbous
80.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:28 PM
2:13 AM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 80.6%
- Age
- 10.8 days
- Distance
- 365,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1566
Events on this date
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Mercury and Uranus close together
They pass 1.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 127.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 52.23° |
| Illuminated fraction | 80.63% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -58.5° / 64.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 39m / -21.74° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 265.20° / 1.61° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.90° / -1.77° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 46.94° / -1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 272.9° |
| 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.