The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 8, 1969
Waning Crescent
18.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 78°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:58 AM
6:07 PM
78°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 18.0%
- Age
- 25.1 days
- Distance
- 405,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 576
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 | 310.15° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 129.84° |
| Illuminated fraction | 17.97% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 63.6° / 252.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 42m / 28.55° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 86.07° / 5.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.75° / -6.53° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -126.95° / 0.93° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 92.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.