The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 9, 2112
Waning Gibbous
96.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:07 PM
8:20 AM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.0%
- Age
- 16.8 days
- Distance
- 359,100 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 2345
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 2.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 202.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 23.19° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.96% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -39.6° / 290.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 53m / -11.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 340.19° / -4.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.02° / 5.55° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -22.03° / 0.77° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 78.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.