The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 9, 2078
Waxing Crescent
3.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:19 AM
10:00 PM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.9%
- Age
- 1.8 days
- Distance
- 390,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1925
Events on this date
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Mercury and Neptune close together
They pass 1.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 22.31° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 157.20° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.91% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 39.1° / 110.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 52m / 12.08° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 159.82° / 4.53° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.71° / -5.68° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 162.59° / 1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 282.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.