The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 8, 1970
Waxing Crescent
33.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:45 PM
11:17 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 33.2%
- Age
- 6.4 days
- Distance
- 396,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 589
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 | 70.22° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 109.58° |
| Illuminated fraction | 33.24% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -8.2° / 101.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 30m / -13.94° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 205.91° / -4.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.67° / 5.72° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 103.18° / 0.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.