The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, August 6, 2008
Waxing Crescent
29.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:19 PM
11:05 PM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 29.4%
- Age
- 5.2 days
- Distance
- 394,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1059
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Aug 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 65.41° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 114.37° |
| Illuminated fraction | 29.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -3.6° / 103.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 07m / -12.10° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 199.96° / -4.64° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.38° / 6.31° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 120.01° / 0.11° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 294.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.