The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 7, 2008
Waxing Crescent
38.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:22 PM
11:31 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 38.8%
- Age
- 6.2 days
- Distance
- 398,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1059
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Aug 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 76.82° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 102.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 38.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -14.8° / 100.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 53m / -17.04° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 212.33° / -5.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.56° / 6.85° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 107.78° / 0.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.6° |
| 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.