The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 8, 2072
Waning Crescent
34.9% 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
1:22 AM
3:38 PM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 34.9%
- Age
- 23.9 days
- Distance
- 383,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1850
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 | 287.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 107.60° |
| Illuminated fraction | 34.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 38.9° / 256.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 15m / 15.93° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 64.79° / -5.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -8.09° / 7.12° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -115.08° / -0.62° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 77.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.