The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 8, 2015
Waning Crescent
33.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:26 AM
3:50 PM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 33.1%
- Age
- 23.6 days
- Distance
- 381,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1145
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 | 289.99° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 109.78° |
| Illuminated fraction | 33.08% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 41.0° / 255.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 19m / 16.72° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 65.79° / -4.62° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.47° / 6.33° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -103.67° / -1.10° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 78.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.