The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 8, 1988
Waning Crescent
13.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 78°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:28 AM
6:37 PM
78°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 13.7%
- Age
- 25.8 days
- Distance
- 395,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Auriga
- Lunation number
- 811
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 | 316.88° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 136.55° |
| Illuminated fraction | 13.70% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 69.0° / 242.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 14m / 28.34° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 93.19° / 4.94° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.82° / -6.21° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -130.75° / 0.73° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 96.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.