The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 9, 2187
Waxing Crescent
32.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
12:27 PM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 32.8%
- Age
- 5.0 days
- Distance
- 371,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 3273
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 | 69.70° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 110.09° |
| Illuminated fraction | 32.82% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -5.3° / 93.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 47m / -5.77° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 206.88° / 4.91° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.45° / -6.00° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 116.63° / 0.99° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.