The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 8, 1966
Waning Gibbous
58.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:25 PM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 58.7%
- Age
- 21.5 days
- Distance
- 397,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 539
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 | 260.10° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 79.96° |
| Illuminated fraction | 58.72% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 14.7° / 273.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 16m / 12.18° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 35.75° / -1.34° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.69° / 2.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -85.86° / 1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.