The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 9, 2161
Waning Gibbous
88.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:01 PM
10:05 AM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.4%
- Age
- 17.7 days
- Distance
- 405,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2951
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,500 km.
Exact values
For Aug 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 219.63° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 39.74° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.7° / 292.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 42m / 2.94° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 357.09° / 4.46° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.99° / -5.57° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -39.80° / -1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 61.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.