The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 8, 1924
Waxing Gibbous
56.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:44 PM
12:46 AM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 56.0%
- Age
- 7.8 days
- Distance
- 370,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 20
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 | 96.76° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 83.13° |
| Illuminated fraction | 55.98% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -30.0° / 82.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 26m / -13.31° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 232.56° / 5.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.39° / -6.45° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 79.93° / -0.22° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 284.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.