The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 8, 1940
Waxing Crescent
29.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:13 PM
11:37 PM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 29.7%
- Age
- 4.8 days
- Distance
- 367,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 218
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 | 65.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 113.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 29.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -2.7° / 98.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 22m / -7.74° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 201.83° / 0.82° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.17° / -0.76° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 117.23° / -1.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.