The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 8, 1967
Waxing Crescent
8.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:21 AM
10:27 PM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.7%
- Age
- 2.5 days
- Distance
- 367,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 552
Events on this date
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Jupiter behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 2.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 34.01° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 145.77° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.66% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 28.0° / 105.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 26m / 7.26° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 169.43° / 3.34° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.70° / -4.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 144.31° / 1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.