The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 8, 2184
Waxing Crescent
5.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:48 AM
9:57 PM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.3%
- Age
- 2.2 days
- Distance
- 394,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 3236
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 0.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 26.48° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 153.44° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 33.9° / 112.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 00m / 7.32° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 163.40° / 0.87° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.01° / -0.88° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 157.77° / -0.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.