The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 8, 2179
Waxing Crescent
35.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:00 PM
11:34 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 35.6%
- Age
- 5.4 days
- Distance
- 368,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 3174
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 | 73.05° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 106.79° |
| Illuminated fraction | 35.56% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -11.0° / 100.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 44m / -14.44° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 209.22° / -3.48° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.42° / 4.76° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 110.21° / -1.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.