The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 8, 1918
Waxing Crescent
3.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:26 AM
9:15 PM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.4%
- Age
- 1.8 days
- Distance
- 400,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- -54
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 | 20.71° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 158.69° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.42% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 37.3° / 121.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 24m / 4.75° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 155.99° / -4.91° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.54° / 6.78° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 162.15° / -1.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 304.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.