The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 8, 2141
Waxing Crescent
41.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:38 PM
11:47 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 41.5%
- Age
- 6.4 days
- Distance
- 396,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2704
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 | 79.99° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 99.84° |
| Illuminated fraction | 41.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -17.7° / 98.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 11m / -17.42° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 216.33° / -4.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.66° / 5.46° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 105.59° / -1.18° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.