The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 8, 2105
Waning Crescent
2.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:03 AM
7:29 PM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.7%
- Age
- 28.0 days
- Distance
- 371,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 2258
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 3.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 341.72° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 161.24° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.66% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 65.8° / 168.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 56m / 16.58° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 117.77° / -4.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.70° / 5.73° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -158.05° / -1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 87.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.