The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 8, 1902
Waxing Crescent
26.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:52 AM
10:15 PM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 26.6%
- Age
- 4.9 days
- Distance
- 390,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -252
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 | 61.94° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 117.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 26.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 11.3° / 110.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 02m / -7.62° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 197.13° / -0.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.29° / 1.56° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 124.32° / -1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.