The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, August 9, 2152
Waxing Gibbous
71.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:43 PM
1:17 AM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 71.6%
- Age
- 8.7 days
- Distance
- 384,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 2840
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 1.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 115.42° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 64.46° |
| Illuminated fraction | 71.56% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -50.0° / 80.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 46m / -23.97° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 253.04° / -1.64° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.00° / 2.47° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 70.95° / 1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 276.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.