The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 8, 1987
Waxing Gibbous
99.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:38 PM
5:10 AM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.0%
- Age
- 13.8 days
- Distance
- 357,700 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 799
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 357,600 km.
Exact values
For Aug 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 169.11° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 11.70° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.96% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -69.5° / 319.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 33m / -23.34° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 304.70° / -4.38° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.11° / 5.93° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 10.95° / 1.16° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 233.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.