The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 8, 1922
Waning Gibbous
99.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:03 PM
7:32 AM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.0%
- Age
- 15.1 days
- Distance
- 402,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- -5
Events on this date
-
Neptune behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Aug 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 191.01° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 11.35° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.02% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -47.7° / 305.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 50m / -10.03° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 326.31° / 2.90° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.08° / -3.50° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -8.43° / -1.14° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 56.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.