The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 8, 1903
Full Moon
99.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:37 PM
5:53 AM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.8%
- Age
- 15.2 days
- Distance
- 405,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- -240
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For Aug 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 183.69° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 5.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.78% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -60.0° / 336.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 19m / -11.56° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 318.64° / 3.87° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.68° / -4.74° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -5.16° / -1.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 26.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.