The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 9, 2109
Waxing Gibbous
98.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:48 PM
5:24 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.4%
- Age
- 12.8 days
- Distance
- 378,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 2308
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 3.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 165.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 14.44° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.42% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -65.0° / 338.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 18m / -16.13° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 302.96° / 3.44° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.81° / -4.10° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 18.98° / -0.71° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 269.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.