The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 9, 2064
Waning Crescent
11.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 76°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:49 AM
6:41 PM
76°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 11.9%
- Age
- 26.3 days
- Distance
- 380,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1751
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Aug 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 319.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 139.70° |
| Illuminated fraction | 11.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 70.0° / 232.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 35m / 26.46° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 97.77° / 3.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.30° / -3.98° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -145.98° / -0.04° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 96.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.