The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 8, 2017
Waning Gibbous
99.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:17 PM
7:23 AM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.2%
- Age
- 16.3 days
- Distance
- 391,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1170
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 | 190.56° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 10.54° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.16% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -49.4° / 301.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 57m / -12.79° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 326.86° / -0.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.26° / 0.55° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -15.25° / -0.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 73.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.