The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 8, 1982
Waning Gibbous
86.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:58 PM
10:05 AM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.5%
- Age
- 18.9 days
- Distance
- 389,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 737
Events on this date
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Mars and Jupiter close together
They pass 1.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 222.97° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 43.10° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -21.2° / 281.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 03m / -5.12° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 358.74° / -5.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.65° / 6.80° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -48.65° / 0.87° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 72.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.