The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 9, 2095
Waxing Gibbous
62.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:35 PM
12:55 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 62.5%
- Age
- 9.4 days
- Distance
- 395,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 2135
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 4.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 104.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 75.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 62.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -38.7° / 83.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 00m / -19.15° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 241.70° / 1.37° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.72° / -1.46° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 70.13° / 1.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 281.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.