The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 9, 2149
Waxing Crescent
33.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
12:30 PM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 33.4%
- Age
- 6.0 days
- Distance
- 402,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2803
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Aug 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 70.41° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 109.36° |
| Illuminated fraction | 33.42% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -5.8° / 93.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 51m / -5.80° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 207.77° / 5.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.45° / -6.48° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 112.00° / 0.68° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.