The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 8, 2019
Waxing Gibbous
60.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:12 PM
12:58 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 60.2%
- Age
- 7.5 days
- Distance
- 382,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1195
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 | 101.65° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 78.24° |
| Illuminated fraction | 60.19% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -35.0° / 81.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 45m / -15.69° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 237.48° / 4.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.95° / -4.79° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 85.36° / 0.77° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 283.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.