The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 8, 1944
Waning Gibbous
76.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:36 PM
11:21 AM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 76.7%
- Age
- 19.4 days
- Distance
- 365,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 267
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 | 237.69° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 57.72° |
| Illuminated fraction | 76.71% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -7.2° / 276.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 58m / 0.68° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 13.64° / -5.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.37° / 6.87° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -53.23° / 0.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.