The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 8, 2053
Waning Crescent
36.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:14 AM
3:30 PM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 36.4%
- Age
- 23.9 days
- Distance
- 371,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1615
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 3.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 285.94° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 105.75° |
| Illuminated fraction | 36.43% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 37.3° / 258.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 06m / 15.70° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 62.53° / -5.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.23° / 6.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -111.29° / -0.79° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 77.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.