The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 8, 2006
Waxing Gibbous
99.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:34 PM
5:12 AM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.0%
- Age
- 14.5 days
- Distance
- 363,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1034
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 | 169.06° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 11.62° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.97% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -69.2° / 320.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 34m / -22.91° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 305.03° / -4.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.95° / 5.48° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 7.15° / 1.04° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 235.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.