The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 9, 2170
Waning Crescent
9.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 76°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:16 AM
7:02 PM
76°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 9.4%
- Age
- 26.7 days
- Distance
- 375,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 3062
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 | 324.55° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 144.37° |
| Illuminated fraction | 9.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 72.3° / 219.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 53m / 25.80° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 101.84° / 2.92° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.54° / -3.55° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -150.82° / 1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 98.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.