The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 8, 2062
Waxing Crescent
17.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:50 AM
10:39 PM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 17.5%
- Age
- 3.6 days
- Distance
- 374,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1727
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 | 49.41° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 130.47° |
| Illuminated fraction | 17.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 11.7° / 105.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 20m / -3.40° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 185.83° / -1.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.87° / 1.84° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 137.50° / 0.92° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 294.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.