The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, August 8, 1979
Waning Gibbous
99.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:05 PM
7:07 AM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.6%
- Age
- 15.6 days
- Distance
- 357,800 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 700
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 357,800 km.
Exact values
For Aug 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 187.48° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 7.59° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.56% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -51.5° / 306.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 39m / -12.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 323.00° / 1.41° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.69° / -1.53° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -7.65° / -0.62° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 62.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.