The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 8, 1929
Waxing Crescent
16.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:31 AM
10:58 PM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 16.2%
- Age
- 3.5 days
- Distance
- 377,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 82
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 | 47.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 132.50° |
| Illuminated fraction | 16.22% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 15.4° / 101.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 16m / 2.04° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 182.90° / 3.48° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 8.05° / -4.22° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 139.68° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.