The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 8, 2089
Waxing Crescent
7.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:24 AM
10:01 PM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 7.9%
- Age
- 2.3 days
- Distance
- 363,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 2061
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 0.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 32.63° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 147.25° |
| Illuminated fraction | 7.95% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 27.2° / 112.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 19m / 2.46° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 169.51° / -1.84° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.95° / 2.71° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 152.36° / -1.23° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 296.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.