The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 8, 1907
Waning Crescent
0.3% 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
4:49 AM
7:33 PM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.3%
- Age
- 29.1 days
- Distance
- 403,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- -191
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 0.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 353.74° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 173.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.31% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 68.9° / 170.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 46m / 19.43° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 128.72° / 1.39° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.04° / -1.54° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -175.86° / 0.59° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 115.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.