The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 8, 2140
Waning Crescent
19.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 75°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:58 AM
5:41 PM
75°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 19.6%
- Age
- 25.3 days
- Distance
- 372,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 2691
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 | 307.61° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 127.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 19.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 59.8° / 250.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 34m / 25.32° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 84.19° / 2.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.62° / -2.30° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -124.54° / -0.80° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 88.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.