The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 8, 1946
Waxing Gibbous
83.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:53 PM
2:27 AM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 83.1%
- Age
- 11.2 days
- Distance
- 402,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 292
Events on this date
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Venus and Mars close together
They pass 0.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 131.33° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 48.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.09% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -62.5° / 63.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 46m / -24.07° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 266.82° / -0.66° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.96° / 1.17° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 47.29° / 1.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 270.4° |
| 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.