The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 9, 2054
Waxing Crescent
42.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
1:23 PM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 42.0%
- Age
- 5.9 days
- Distance
- 379,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1628
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 | 80.64° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 99.18° |
| Illuminated fraction | 42.02% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -15.5° / 89.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 29m / -9.46° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 217.96° / 4.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 8.23° / -6.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 106.62° / -0.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 287.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.