The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 9, 2183
Waning Gibbous
60.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:12 PM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 60.4%
- Age
- 21.0 days
- Distance
- 371,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 3223
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 | 258.06° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 77.94° |
| Illuminated fraction | 60.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 12.3° / 272.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 16m / 9.92° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 35.20° / -3.52° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.51° / 4.84° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -72.41° / -0.89° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 71.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.