The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 8, 1904
Waning Crescent
11.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:27 AM
5:08 PM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 11.4%
- Age
- 26.5 days
- Distance
- 370,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- -228
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 4.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 320.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 140.61° |
| Illuminated fraction | 11.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 54.6° / 241.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 28m / 18.33° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 96.64° / -4.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.39° / 6.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -146.92° / -0.87° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 86.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.