The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 8, 1939
Last Quarter
47.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:19 AM
2:33 PM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 47.2%
- Age
- 22.8 days
- Distance
- 386,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 205
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 1.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 273.31° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 93.16° |
| Illuminated fraction | 47.24% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 27.1° / 267.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 06m / 16.01° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 48.51° / -1.39° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -8.35° / 2.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -100.68° / -1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 73.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.