The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 9, 2159
Waning Crescent
21.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 75°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:50 AM
5:29 PM
75°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 21.2%
- Age
- 25.4 days
- Distance
- 365,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 2926
Events on this date
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Venus at its brightest
Shines at magnitude -4.7, as bright as it gets this time around.
Exact values
For Aug 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 305.32° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 125.20° |
| Illuminated fraction | 21.18% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 57.7° / 251.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 26m / 24.75° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 82.28° / 1.56° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.54° / -1.70° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -128.35° / -0.95° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 87.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.