The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 8, 2016
Waxing Crescent
30.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:15 PM
11:48 PM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 30.7%
- Age
- 5.8 days
- Distance
- 403,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1158
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 | 67.10° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 112.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 30.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -3.0° / 95.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 33m / -5.99° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 203.63° / 3.42° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.24° / -4.17° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 114.22° / -0.72° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.1° |
| 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.