The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 8, 2054
Waxing Crescent
31.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:18 PM
11:57 PM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 31.3%
- Age
- 4.9 days
- Distance
- 373,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1628
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 | 67.88° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 111.92° |
| Illuminated fraction | 31.33% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -3.5° / 94.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 36m / -5.32° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 204.24° / 4.38° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.72° / -5.35° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 118.85° / -0.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.