The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 8, 2148
Waning Crescent
31.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:34 AM
3:59 PM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 31.8%
- Age
- 23.8 days
- Distance
- 378,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 2790
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 2.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 291.59° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 111.38° |
| Illuminated fraction | 31.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 42.5° / 254.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 29m / 17.00° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 68.22° / -4.72° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.04° / 6.43° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -105.88° / 0.19° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 79.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.