The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 8, 2168
Waxing Crescent
30.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:11 PM
11:54 PM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 30.5%
- Age
- 5.0 days
- Distance
- 385,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 3038
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 | 66.76° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 113.01° |
| Illuminated fraction | 30.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -2.3° / 94.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 35m / -4.33° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 203.54° / 5.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 8.26° / -6.39° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 120.42° / 0.84° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.