The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 8, 1995
Waxing Gibbous
93.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:51 PM
4:11 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.6%
- Age
- 12.0 days
- Distance
- 362,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 898
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 362,900 km.
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 4.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 151.09° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 29.22° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.64% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -67.2° / 15.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 10m / -17.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 286.74° / 4.91° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.70° / -5.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 29.54° / -1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 271.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.