The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, August 9, 2073
Waxing Crescent
41.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
1:21 PM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 41.6%
- Age
- 6.0 days
- Distance
- 369,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1863
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 | 80.14° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 99.68° |
| Illuminated fraction | 41.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -15.1° / 89.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 29m / -9.25° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 217.85° / 5.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.96° / -6.29° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 102.82° / -0.11° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 287.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.