The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 9, 2096
Waning Gibbous
67.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:48 PM
12:31 PM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 67.4%
- Age
- 20.9 days
- Distance
- 371,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2147
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 | 249.74° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 69.63° |
| Illuminated fraction | 67.41% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 5.0° / 276.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 47m / 8.42° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 27.86° / -2.45° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.67° / 3.53° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -71.42° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.