The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 8, 2027
Waxing Crescent
44.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:01 PM
11:50 PM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 44.5%
- Age
- 6.2 days
- Distance
- 385,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1294
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 | 83.53° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 96.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 44.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -21.3° / 98.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 21m / -19.65° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 219.44° / -5.29° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 8.52° / 7.10° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 103.99° / -0.13° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.