The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 9, 2104
Waning Gibbous
88.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:03 PM
10:08 AM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.0%
- Age
- 18.5 days
- Distance
- 365,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2246
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 365,100 km.
Exact values
For Aug 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 220.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 40.51° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.01% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.0° / 292.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 43m / 3.70° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 357.58° / 5.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.22° / -6.25° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -40.62° / -1.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 60.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.