The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 9, 2144
Waxing Gibbous
83.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:35 PM
2:47 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 83.5%
- Age
- 10.1 days
- Distance
- 378,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2741
Events on this date
-
Mercury at greatest elongation
19° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Aug 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 132.10° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 47.95° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -59.6° / 54.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 59m / -18.95° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 269.66° / 4.47° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.84° / -5.46° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 52.36° / -1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 273.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.