The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 8, 2028
Waning Gibbous
90.1% 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
9:53 PM
9:47 AM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.1%
- Age
- 17.5 days
- Distance
- 405,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1306
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,900 km.
Exact values
For Aug 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 216.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 36.60° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.14% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -23.9° / 293.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 27m / 1.42° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 353.08° / 4.53° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.08° / -5.60° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -37.62° / -0.68° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 60.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.