The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 8, 1975
Waxing Crescent
2.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:03 AM
9:07 PM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.2%
- Age
- 1.2 days
- Distance
- 360,000 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 651
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 359,900 km.
Exact values
For Aug 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 16.46° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 162.77° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.24% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 40.8° / 123.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 09m / 6.10° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 151.96° / -5.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.18° / 6.88° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 162.98° / -1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 307.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.