The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 8, 2176
Waxing Crescent
15.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:41 AM
10:17 PM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 15.8%
- Age
- 3.7 days
- Distance
- 388,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 3137
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 | 46.59° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 133.15° |
| Illuminated fraction | 15.80% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 13.3° / 109.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 06m / -5.28° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 183.45° / -4.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.57° / 5.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 139.09° / -0.22° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 297.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.