The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, August 9, 2062
Waxing Crescent
26.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:00 PM
11:03 PM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 26.7%
- Age
- 4.6 days
- Distance
- 380,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1727
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 | 62.01° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 117.83° |
| Illuminated fraction | 26.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -0.2° / 102.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 08m / -9.75° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 199.40° / -2.33° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 8.24° / 3.34° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 125.26° / 0.91° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.