The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 8, 2051
Waxing Crescent
4.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:41 AM
9:29 PM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.3%
- Age
- 2.0 days
- Distance
- 397,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 1591
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 4.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 23.74° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 155.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.35% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 34.9° / 118.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 40m / 4.50° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 159.84° / -3.64° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.55° / 5.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 159.98° / -1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 300.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.