The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 8, 2121
Waning Crescent
19.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 76°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:56 AM
5:42 PM
76°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 19.8%
- Age
- 25.0 days
- Distance
- 388,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 2456
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 | 307.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 127.17° |
| Illuminated fraction | 19.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 59.9° / 251.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 31m / 25.96° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 83.52° / 2.70° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.19° / -3.19° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -120.71° / -0.63° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 88.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.