The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 8, 2002
New Moon
0.2% 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
6:05 AM
9:03 PM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.2%
- Age
- 29.2 days
- Distance
- 366,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 984
Events on this date
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
-
Moon and Mars close together
They pass 3.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 358.15° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 175.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.17% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 61.5° / 126.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 12m / 20.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 134.09° / 4.30° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.66° / -5.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 177.84° / 1.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 177.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.