The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 9, 2157
Waxing Crescent
17.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:57 AM
10:24 PM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 17.7%
- Age
- 4.4 days
- Distance
- 404,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2902
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 | 49.59° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 130.17° |
| Illuminated fraction | 17.74% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 10.5° / 108.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 19m / -6.50° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 187.01° / -4.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.14° / 5.58° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 130.68° / -0.01° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 297.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.