The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 8, 1999
Waning Crescent
10.3% 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
3:30 AM
6:27 PM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 10.3%
- Age
- 26.6 days
- Distance
- 366,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 947
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 | 322.83° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 142.64° |
| Illuminated fraction | 10.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 66.2° / 216.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 36m / 20.18° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 98.51° / -3.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.66° / 4.19° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -141.01° / 0.11° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 89.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.