The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 8, 1981
Waxing Gibbous
58.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:57 PM
12:56 AM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 58.2%
- Age
- 8.5 days
- Distance
- 404,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 725
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,200 km.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 99.36° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 80.53° |
| Illuminated fraction | 58.23% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -32.5° / 81.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 37m / -14.42° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 235.36° / 4.83° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.99° / -5.94° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 80.72° / 0.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 284.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.