The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, August 8, 2018
Waning Crescent
11.1% 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
3:21 AM
6:24 PM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 11.1%
- Age
- 26.5 days
- Distance
- 362,000 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1182
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Aug 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 321.29° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 141.14° |
| Illuminated fraction | 11.07% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 65.9° / 220.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 31m / 20.70° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 97.36° / -2.53° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.72° / 3.61° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -144.81° / 0.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 89.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.