The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 8, 2157
Waxing Crescent
11.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:58 AM
10:03 PM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 11.0%
- Age
- 3.4 days
- Distance
- 402,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 2902
Events on this date
-
Moon and Venus close together
They pass 3.9° apart in the sky.
-
Moon, Saturn, and Venus gathered
All within 5.8° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 38.62° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 141.17° |
| Illuminated fraction | 11.05% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 21.2° / 111.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 37m / -1.05° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 175.08° / -3.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.34° / 4.57° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 142.92° / 0.01° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 297.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.