The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 8, 2043
Waxing Crescent
14.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:19 AM
10:32 PM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 14.0%
- Age
- 3.6 days
- Distance
- 391,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1492
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 | 43.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 136.00° |
| Illuminated fraction | 14.04% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 17.4° / 106.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 00m / 0.06° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 179.93° / 0.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.15° / 0.25° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 141.31° / 1.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.