The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 8, 1959
Waxing Crescent
18.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:52 AM
10:54 PM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 18.2%
- Age
- 4.1 days
- Distance
- 375,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 453
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 | 50.38° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 129.51° |
| Illuminated fraction | 18.19% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 11.4° / 103.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 21m / -2.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 185.74° / 0.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.95° / 0.25° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 125.66° / -1.20° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.