The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, August 8, 1906
Waning Gibbous
81.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:15 PM
9:48 AM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 81.0%
- Age
- 18.2 days
- Distance
- 392,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- -203
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 | 231.62° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 51.63° |
| Illuminated fraction | 81.03% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.0° / 289.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 32m / -1.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 6.83° / -4.34° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.50° / 5.92° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -46.14° / 0.15° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.