The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 8, 1986
Waxing Crescent
8.8% 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
9:24 AM
10:23 PM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.8%
- Age
- 2.9 days
- Distance
- 385,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 787
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 | 34.28° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 145.55° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 27.5° / 106.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 28m / 6.46° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 170.09° / 2.75° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.28° / -3.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 140.50° / 1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.