The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 8, 2000
Waxing Gibbous
65.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:45 PM
1:21 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 65.9%
- Age
- 8.6 days
- Distance
- 400,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 960
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 | 108.40° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 71.50° |
| Illuminated fraction | 65.86% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -41.0° / 77.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 14m / -17.14° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 244.80° / 4.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.17° / -4.85° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 76.93° / 0.61° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 281.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.