The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 9, 2071
Waxing Gibbous
98.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:40 PM
5:27 AM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.3%
- Age
- 13.6 days
- Distance
- 405,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1838
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 | 165.56° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 15.00° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.30% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -64.4° / 340.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 16m / -15.37° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 302.78° / 4.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.16° / -5.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 14.36° / -1.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 271.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.