The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 9, 2155
Waxing Gibbous
84.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:29 PM
2:08 AM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.5%
- Age
- 11.2 days
- Distance
- 363,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2877
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 5.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 133.78° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 46.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -67.4° / 67.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 03m / -28.56° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 270.71° / -5.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.66° / 6.88° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 42.14° / 0.97° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 264.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.