The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 8, 2094
Waning Crescent
5.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:03 AM
7:21 PM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.8%
- Age
- 27.1 days
- Distance
- 401,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 2122
Events on this date
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Mercury and Neptune close together
They pass 0.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 332.26° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 152.17° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.78% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 72.6° / 192.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 23m / 23.14° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 108.94° / 1.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.36° / -1.18° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -147.81° / 1.05° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 99.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.