The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 9, 2055
Waning Gibbous
95.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:02 PM
8:35 AM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.4%
- Age
- 16.3 days
- Distance
- 402,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1640
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 | 204.78° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 24.86° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -37.3° / 290.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 57m / -9.68° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 341.86° / -2.78° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.17° / 3.87° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -22.80° / 0.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 74.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.