The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 8, 1948
Waxing Crescent
17.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:42 AM
10:59 PM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 17.4%
- Age
- 3.5 days
- Distance
- 364,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 317
Events on this date
-
Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 0.8° apart in the sky.
-
Mars, Moon, and Neptune gathered
All within 3.2° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 49.20° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 130.63° |
| Illuminated fraction | 17.44% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 13.3° / 101.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 23m / 0.49° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 185.19° / 2.78° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.17° / -3.29° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 135.87° / 1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.