The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 8, 1932
Waxing Crescent
42.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:46 PM
11:50 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 42.6%
- Age
- 6.3 days
- Distance
- 369,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 119
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 369,500 km.
Exact values
For Aug 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 81.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 98.50° |
| Illuminated fraction | 42.61% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.9° / 97.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 14m / -17.69° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 217.21° / -3.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.87° / 5.41° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 98.58° / 0.84° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.