The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 8, 2113
Waning Crescent
9.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:23 AM
6:52 PM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 9.4%
- Age
- 26.5 days
- Distance
- 380,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 2357
Events on this date
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Mercury and Mars close together
They pass 0.6° apart in the sky.
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 2.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 324.43° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 144.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 9.38% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 70.5° / 217.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 46m / 23.98° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 100.54° / 0.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.81° / -1.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -139.39° / 1.17° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 95.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.