The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 8, 1992
Waxing Gibbous
80.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:34 PM
2:07 AM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 80.6%
- Age
- 9.9 days
- Distance
- 397,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 861
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 | 127.56° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 52.32° |
| Illuminated fraction | 80.56% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -59.6° / 67.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 33m / -23.84° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 263.91° / -0.54° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.42° / 0.89° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 58.33° / -1.17° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 271.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.