The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 8, 2003
Waxing Gibbous
84.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:20 PM
2:25 AM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.9%
- Age
- 10.4 days
- Distance
- 370,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 997
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 | 134.27° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 45.70° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.92% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -66.2° / 62.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 00m / -26.25° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 269.98° / -2.81° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.73° / 3.95° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 48.13° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 266.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.