The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, August 8, 2012
Waning Gibbous
60.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:50 PM
1:21 PM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 60.7%
- Age
- 20.5 days
- Distance
- 402,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1108
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 | 257.76° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 77.62° |
| Illuminated fraction | 60.72% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 13.9° / 277.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 05m / 15.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 34.26° / 2.36° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.01° / -2.81° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -74.82° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 69.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.