The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 8, 2025
Waxing Gibbous
99.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:37 PM
5:32 AM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.4%
- Age
- 14.9 days
- Distance
- 382,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1269
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 | 171.74° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 8.90° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.40% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -66.7° / 316.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 46m / -21.50° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 308.11° / -3.38° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.09° / 4.68° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 3.36° / 0.89° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 232.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.