The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 8, 2020
Waning Gibbous
77.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:27 PM
11:19 AM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 77.3%
- Age
- 18.9 days
- Distance
- 404,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 1207
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 | 236.89° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 56.90° |
| Illuminated fraction | 77.31% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -7.7° / 277.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 57m / 0.76° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 13.44° / -4.94° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.26° / 6.72° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -56.23° / 1.23° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.