The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, August 8, 2187
Waxing Crescent
22.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:17 AM
11:30 PM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 22.5%
- Age
- 4.0 days
- Distance
- 366,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 3273
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 2.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 56.36° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 123.37° |
| Illuminated fraction | 22.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 7.1° / 97.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 54m / -0.21° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 192.59° / 5.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.32° / -6.37° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 128.86° / 0.96° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.