The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 8, 1971
Waning Gibbous
95.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:40 PM
8:42 AM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.2%
- Age
- 17.3 days
- Distance
- 363,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 601
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 363,000 km.
Exact values
For Aug 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 205.23° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 25.27° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.22% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -35.4° / 295.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 45m / -5.40° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 340.69° / 2.33° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.86° / -2.64° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -26.23° / -0.02° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 63.5° |
| 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.