The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 9, 2198
Waxing Crescent
44.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
1:54 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 44.2%
- Age
- 6.6 days
- Distance
- 371,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 3409
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 | 83.25° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 96.61° |
| Illuminated fraction | 44.25% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.4° / 95.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 31m / -16.98° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 220.77° / -2.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.48° / 2.92° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 94.18° / -1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.