The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 8, 1989
Waxing Crescent
40.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:31 PM
11:35 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 40.1%
- Age
- 7.0 days
- Distance
- 404,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 824
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 | 78.33° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 101.47° |
| Illuminated fraction | 40.05% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -16.3° / 99.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 02m / -17.62° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 214.41° / -4.92° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.37° / 6.64° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 99.38° / 0.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.