The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 8, 1976
Waxing Gibbous
97.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:33 PM
5:16 AM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.8%
- Age
- 12.6 days
- Distance
- 383,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 663
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 | 163.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 16.88° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.85% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -64.8° / 344.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 04m / -15.28° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 300.03° / 4.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.83° / -6.14° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 21.16° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 273.5° |
| 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.