The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 9, 2143
Waning Crescent
2.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:03 AM
7:24 PM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.8%
- Age
- 28.0 days
- Distance
- 363,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 2728
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Aug 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 341.22° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 160.61° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 65.2° / 169.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 57m / 15.91° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 118.05° / -4.72° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.40° / 6.54° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -165.67° / -1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 86.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.