The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 8, 1950
Waning Crescent
24.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 77°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:22 AM
5:21 PM
77°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 24.4%
- Age
- 24.5 days
- Distance
- 401,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 341
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 | 301.06° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 120.79° |
| Illuminated fraction | 24.40% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 55.4° / 261.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 59m / 27.77° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 76.58° / 5.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.71° / -6.33° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -123.12° / 1.10° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 86.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.