The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 9, 2098
Waxing Gibbous
94.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:45 PM
3:53 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.7%
- Age
- 12.3 days
- Distance
- 405,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2172
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 | 153.71° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 26.66° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -76.8° / 6.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 36m / -26.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 291.38° / -5.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.94° / 6.82° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 29.16° / 1.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.