The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 8, 1916
Waxing Gibbous
70.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
3:39 PM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 70.1%
- Age
- 9.6 days
- Distance
- 369,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- -79
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 | 113.65° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 66.28° |
| Illuminated fraction | 70.11% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -37.7° / 94.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 28m / -25.84° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 249.44° / -4.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.60° / 5.46° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 60.80° / -0.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 276.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.