The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 8, 1908
Waxing Gibbous
83.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:48 PM
1:27 AM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 83.1%
- Age
- 11.4 days
- Distance
- 368,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- -178
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 | 131.36° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 48.54° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.11% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -51.0° / 76.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 47m / -22.75° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 267.07° / 0.67° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.81° / -0.48° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 42.19° / 1.02° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 271.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.