The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 8, 2127
New Moon
0.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:06 AM
8:49 PM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.3%
- Age
- 0.5 days
- Distance
- 383,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 2531
Events on this date
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 3.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 6.01° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 173.32° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.34% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 50.9° / 129.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 33m / 11.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 141.75° / -2.89° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.16° / 4.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 169.24° / -1.04° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 314.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.