The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 8, 1983
New Moon
0.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
6:04 AM
9:02 PM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.1%
- Age
- 29.2 days
- Distance
- 357,200 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 749
Events on this date
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 357,200 km.
Exact values
For Aug 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 358.03° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 175.62° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.15% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 61.5° / 127.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 09m / 20.48° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 133.57° / 3.90° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.03° / -4.83° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -178.35° / 1.21° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 174.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.