The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 8, 1925
Waning Gibbous
77.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:32 PM
11:17 AM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 77.4%
- Age
- 18.8 days
- Distance
- 375,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 32
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 | 236.80° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 56.82° |
| Illuminated fraction | 77.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -8.0° / 277.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 53m / 0.38° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 12.36° / -4.89° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.28° / 6.61° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -49.44° / 0.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.