The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 8, 1937
Waxing Crescent
5.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:01 AM
9:31 PM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.8%
- Age
- 2.1 days
- Distance
- 382,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 181
Events on this date
-
Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 4.7° apart in the sky.
-
Mercury, Moon, and Neptune gathered
All within 6.4° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 27.38° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 152.12° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.80% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 31.1° / 117.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 50m / 1.98° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 163.05° / -5.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.55° / 6.95° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 158.33° / -1.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 302.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.