The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 9, 2085
Waning Gibbous
78.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:38 PM
11:27 AM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 78.4%
- Age
- 18.9 days
- Distance
- 367,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2011
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 | 235.31° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 55.35° |
| Illuminated fraction | 78.43% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -5.9° / 287.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 40m / 9.80° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 13.12° / 5.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.31° / -6.18° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -49.00° / -1.16° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 63.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.