The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 9, 2103
Waxing Crescent
35.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:03 PM
11:22 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 35.6%
- Age
- 6.7 days
- Distance
- 398,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2234
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 | 73.02° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 106.77° |
| Illuminated fraction | 35.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -11.3° / 101.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 43m / -15.95° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 209.53° / -4.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.93° / 6.73° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 100.99° / -0.86° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.