The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 8, 1993
Waning Gibbous
68.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:18 PM
12:32 PM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 68.6%
- Age
- 20.2 days
- Distance
- 404,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 873
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 | 248.26° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 68.16° |
| Illuminated fraction | 68.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 5.2° / 281.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 25m / 12.79° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 24.37° / 3.60° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.69° / -4.46° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -71.04° / -1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 66.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.