The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 8, 1901
Waning Crescent
34.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:00 AM
2:48 PM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 34.6%
- Age
- 23.8 days
- Distance
- 371,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- -265
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Aug 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 288.02° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 107.89° |
| Illuminated fraction | 34.64% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 29.1° / 271.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 07m / 19.57° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 63.44° / -1.30° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.25° / 2.05° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -105.82° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 78.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.