The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, August 8, 2001
Waning Gibbous
83.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:09 PM
10:33 AM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 83.2%
- Age
- 18.8 days
- Distance
- 403,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 972
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 | 228.28° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 48.38° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.21% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -16.0° / 279.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 25m / -2.96° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 4.45° / -5.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.08° / 6.98° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -52.43° / 1.06° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 71.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.