The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 9, 2127
Waxing Crescent
2.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:10 AM
9:26 PM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.6%
- Age
- 1.5 days
- Distance
- 380,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 2531
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 2.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 18.42° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 161.44° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 40.3° / 119.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 25m / 7.93° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 155.13° / -1.82° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.82° / 2.72° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 156.99° / -1.02° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 297.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.