The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 8, 2024
Waxing Crescent
15.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:33 AM
10:38 PM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 15.7%
- Age
- 4.2 days
- Distance
- 405,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1257
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,300 km.
Exact values
For Aug 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 46.59° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 133.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 15.71% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 15.0° / 104.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 12m / -0.90° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 183.18° / 0.40° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.41° / -0.27° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 132.88° / 1.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.