The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 9, 2182
Waxing Gibbous
72.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:23 PM
1:44 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 72.0%
- Age
- 10.1 days
- Distance
- 372,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 3211
Events on this date
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Venus and Saturn close together
They pass 0.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 116.04° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 63.92° |
| Illuminated fraction | 71.98% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -47.5° / 71.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 50m / -17.93° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 253.43° / 4.49° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.41° / -5.45° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 56.94° / -1.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 278.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.