The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 9, 2181
Waning Crescent
0.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:54 AM
7:50 PM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.9%
- Age
- 28.8 days
- Distance
- 401,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 3198
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 | 350.51° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 169.26° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 60.4° / 152.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 37m / 13.39° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 128.13° / -4.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.53° / 6.91° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -173.29° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 74.8° |
| 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.