The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 8, 2034
Waning Crescent
34.4% 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
1:21 AM
3:42 PM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 34.4%
- Age
- 23.9 days
- Distance
- 369,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1380
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 369,500 km.
Exact values
For Aug 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 288.33° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 108.13° |
| Illuminated fraction | 34.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 39.5° / 256.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 14m / 16.25° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 64.52° / -4.87° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.01° / 6.63° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -107.47° / -0.95° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 77.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.