The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 8, 1930
Waxing Gibbous
99.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:44 PM
5:26 AM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.3%
- Age
- 13.8 days
- Distance
- 406,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 94
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 | 171.36° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 9.91° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.25% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -68.2° / 314.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 42m / -23.37° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 306.73° / -4.94° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.29° / 6.70° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 10.14° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 225.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.