The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 8, 1978
Waxing Crescent
19.2% 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
10:59 AM
11:00 PM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 19.2%
- Age
- 4.6 days
- Distance
- 392,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 688
Events on this date
-
Mars, Moon, and Venus gathered
All within 2.4° of each other in the sky.
-
Moon and Mars close together
They pass 0.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 51.79° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 128.09° |
| Illuminated fraction | 19.15% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 10.3° / 102.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 29m / -2.15° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 187.54° / 0.92° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.42° / -0.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 121.83° / -1.08° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.