The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, August 8, 2103
Waxing Crescent
26.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:02 PM
10:53 PM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 26.6%
- Age
- 5.7 days
- Distance
- 402,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2234
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 | 61.85° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 117.89° |
| Illuminated fraction | 26.61% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -0.6° / 105.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 56m / -11.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 197.41° / -5.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.89° / 7.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 113.22° / -0.85° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 295.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.