The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 8, 2073
Waxing Crescent
30.5% 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
12:12 PM
11:55 PM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 30.5%
- Age
- 5.0 days
- Distance
- 367,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1863
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 | 66.78° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 113.01° |
| Illuminated fraction | 30.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -2.5° / 94.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 34m / -4.78° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 203.53° / 4.67° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.84° / -5.71° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 115.04° / -0.14° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.5° |
| 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.