The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 9, 2173
Waxing Crescent
0.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:17 AM
9:22 PM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.8%
- Age
- 0.9 days
- Distance
- 405,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 3100
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 | 10.06° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 169.43° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.85% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 50.0° / 118.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 04m / 15.26° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 147.61° / 3.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.30° / -3.93° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 168.02° / 1.21° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 275.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.