The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 9, 2191
Waning Gibbous
74.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:14 PM
11:48 AM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 74.4%
- Age
- 19.3 days
- Distance
- 371,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 3322
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 | 240.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 60.78° |
| Illuminated fraction | 74.41% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -2.2° / 280.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 07m / 7.11° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 18.12° / 0.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.06° / 0.32° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -53.80° / 1.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.