The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, August 9, 2124
New Moon
0.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:16 AM
8:08 PM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.3%
- Age
- 29.0 days
- Distance
- 358,800 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 2493
Events on this date
-
Mercury, Moon, and Uranus gathered
All within 6.8° of each other in the sky.
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
Exact values
For Aug 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 355.49° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 173.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.34% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 57.3° / 144.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 56m / 12.24° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 132.89° / -4.89° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.72° / 6.77° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -174.11° / -1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 54.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.