The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 15, 2008
Waxing Gibbous
98.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:57 PM
5:15 AM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.4%
- Age
- 14.2 days
- Distance
- 393,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1059
Events on this date
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Neptune at opposition
Opposite the Sun in the sky: up all night and at its brightest for the year.
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Mercury and Saturn close together
They pass 0.6° apart in the sky.
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Mercury, Saturn, and Venus gathered
All within 2.4° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 165.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 14.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -67.4° / 334.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 46m / -18.90° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 308.87° / -0.89° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.30° / 1.47° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 10.15° / -0.10° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.