The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 8, 1947
Waning Gibbous
62.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:58 PM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 62.7%
- Age
- 21.5 days
- Distance
- 384,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 304
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 | 255.44° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 75.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 62.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 9.9° / 273.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 58m / 9.46° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 30.70° / -2.41° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.57° / 3.47° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -82.07° / 1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.