The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 8, 1938
Waxing Gibbous
93.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:53 PM
4:15 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.9%
- Age
- 12.5 days
- Distance
- 405,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 193
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 | 151.54° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 28.64° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -68.0° / 14.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 12m / -18.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 286.98° / 4.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.30° / -4.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 28.72° / -1.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 269.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.