The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 8, 1997
Waxing Crescent
23.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:30 AM
11:19 PM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 23.6%
- Age
- 5.3 days
- Distance
- 403,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 923
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 | 57.99° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 121.85° |
| Illuminated fraction | 23.61% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 4.8° / 99.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 55m / -3.60° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 194.13° / 2.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.06° / -2.47° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 118.02° / -0.91° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.