The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 9, 2189
Waning Crescent
6.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 76°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:43 AM
7:28 PM
76°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 6.6%
- Age
- 27.0 days
- Distance
- 394,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 3297
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Aug 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 330.49° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 150.19° |
| Illuminated fraction | 6.62% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 75.1° / 199.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 21m / 25.97° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 108.16° / 3.82° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.32° / -4.78° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -154.63° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 104.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.