The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 9, 2058
Waning Gibbous
65.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:59 PM
12:39 PM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 65.7%
- Age
- 20.0 days
- Distance
- 379,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1677
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 2.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 251.78° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 71.68° |
| Illuminated fraction | 65.72% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 6.5° / 274.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 53m / 7.88° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 29.13° / -3.51° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.03° / 4.85° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -63.80° / 1.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.