The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 8, 1920
Waning Crescent
37.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:52 AM
3:32 PM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 37.5%
- Age
- 23.8 days
- Distance
- 370,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- -30
Events on this date
-
Venus and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 284.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 104.54° |
| Illuminated fraction | 37.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 37.5° / 262.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 55m / 18.58° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 60.44° / -1.71° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.33° / 2.51° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -109.11° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 77.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.