The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 8, 1960
Waning Gibbous
96.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:42 PM
8:20 AM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.6%
- Age
- 15.9 days
- Distance
- 366,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 465
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 | 201.37° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 21.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -39.4° / 296.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 35m / -8.08° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 337.45° / 0.75° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.60° / -0.68° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -16.03° / -0.76° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.