The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 9, 2052
Waxing Gibbous
99.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:53 PM
5:46 AM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.0%
- Age
- 14.6 days
- Distance
- 390,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1603
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 | 169.59° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 11.25° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.04% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -62.1° / 332.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 35m / -14.18° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 307.37° / 4.38° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.62° / -5.40° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 5.96° / -1.22° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 276.1° |
| 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.