The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 9, 2184
Waxing Crescent
10.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:47 AM
10:28 PM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 10.6%
- Age
- 3.2 days
- Distance
- 398,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 3236
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 | 37.88° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 141.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 10.61% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 23.4° / 106.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 48m / 3.49° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 175.76° / 1.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.25° / -2.30° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 145.53° / -0.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.3° |
| 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.