The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 8, 2132
Waning Crescent
9.7% 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
3:16 AM
6:54 PM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 9.7%
- Age
- 26.7 days
- Distance
- 364,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 2592
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 364,500 km.
Exact values
For Aug 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 323.82° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 143.70° |
| Illuminated fraction | 9.70% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 70.8° / 219.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 45m / 24.63° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 100.32° / 1.61° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.35° / -1.85° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -143.20° / 1.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 96.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.