The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, August 8, 2108
Waxing Crescent
2.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:08 AM
9:23 PM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.5%
- Age
- 1.3 days
- Distance
- 362,200 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 2296
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 | 18.00° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 161.80° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 40.5° / 120.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 21m / 7.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 154.31° / -2.48° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.40° / 3.58° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 160.81° / -1.13° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 299.6° |
| 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.