The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 8, 1921
Waxing Crescent
30.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:16 PM
11:34 PM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 30.0%
- Age
- 4.8 days
- Distance
- 375,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -17
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 | 66.24° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 113.63° |
| Illuminated fraction | 29.96% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -3.1° / 98.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 21m / -8.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 201.77° / 0.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 8.31° / 0.10° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 121.02° / -1.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.