The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 8, 2124
Waning Crescent
2.8% 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
5:01 AM
7:26 PM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.8%
- Age
- 28.0 days
- Distance
- 358,700 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 2493
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 5.0° apart in the sky.
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 1.8° apart in the sky.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 358,500 km.
Exact values
For Aug 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 341.25° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 160.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 65.6° / 169.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 55m / 16.26° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 117.69° / -4.43° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.57° / 6.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -161.86° / -1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 87.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.