The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 8, 1919
Waxing Gibbous
90.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:26 PM
3:31 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.1%
- Age
- 12.4 days
- Distance
- 395,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- -42
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 | 143.26° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 36.76° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.06% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -66.9° / 35.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 35m / -20.14° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 278.31° / 3.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.06° / -3.68° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 32.49° / -1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 270.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.