The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 8, 2045
Waning Crescent
22.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 78°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:29 AM
5:35 PM
78°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 22.5%
- Age
- 25.2 days
- Distance
- 370,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1516
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 | 303.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 123.35° |
| Illuminated fraction | 22.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 57.7° / 258.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 15m / 27.76° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 80.12° / 4.70° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.87° / -5.84° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -129.94° / 0.18° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 88.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.