The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 8, 2122
Waxing Crescent
33.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:49 PM
11:18 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 33.7%
- Age
- 6.2 days
- Distance
- 404,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2469
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 | 70.79° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 108.99° |
| Illuminated fraction | 33.73% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -9.1° / 102.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 32m / -14.78° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 206.74° / -4.80° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.26° / 6.51° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 109.40° / -1.03° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.