The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 9, 2089
Waxing Crescent
15.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:34 AM
10:37 PM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 15.4%
- Age
- 3.3 days
- Distance
- 368,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2061
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 0.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 46.16° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 133.73° |
| Illuminated fraction | 15.43% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 14.7° / 106.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 14m / -2.12° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 184.00° / -0.58° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.31° / 1.05° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 140.12° / -1.22° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 294.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.