The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 8, 1953
Waning Crescent
1.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
5:28 AM
8:08 PM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.0%
- Age
- 28.6 days
- Distance
- 398,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 378
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 1.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 348.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 168.65° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.98% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 65.9° / 148.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 27m / 19.04° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 124.48° / -0.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.60° / 0.48° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -164.29° / -0.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 101.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.