The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 8, 1954
Waxing Gibbous
67.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:21 PM
12:50 AM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 67.7%
- Age
- 9.7 days
- Distance
- 400,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 391
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 | 110.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 69.21° |
| Illuminated fraction | 67.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -46.1° / 85.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 15m / -24.54° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 246.25° / -3.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.59° / 4.42° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 65.90° / -0.80° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 278.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.