The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 8, 1980
Waning Crescent
4.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:28 AM
7:14 PM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.8%
- Age
- 27.4 days
- Distance
- 387,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 712
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 | 334.98° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 154.80° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 68.9° / 184.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 30m / 19.23° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 111.22° / -2.57° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.60° / 3.62° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -149.43° / -0.07° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 92.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.