The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 8, 1955
Waning Gibbous
76.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:51 PM
11:42 AM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 76.0%
- Age
- 20.2 days
- Distance
- 379,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 403
Events on this date
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Mercury and Mars close together
They pass 0.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 238.69° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 58.69° |
| Illuminated fraction | 75.98% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -3.2° / 285.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 44m / 10.00° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 14.02° / 4.85° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.75° / -6.00° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -63.46° / -1.20° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 64.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.