The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 9, 2076
Waxing Gibbous
67.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:09 PM
1:14 AM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 67.9%
- Age
- 9.7 days
- Distance
- 376,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1900
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 | 110.84° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 69.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 67.89% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -44.6° / 79.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 29m / -20.35° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 248.81° / 1.43° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.64° / -1.51° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 61.73° / 1.23° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 279.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.