The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 8, 2031
Waning Gibbous
63.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:44 PM
1:01 PM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 63.7%
- Age
- 20.1 days
- Distance
- 386,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1343
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 | 254.18° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 74.05° |
| Illuminated fraction | 63.74% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 10.3° / 278.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 49m / 13.45° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 30.11° / 2.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.80° / -2.40° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -66.41° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 68.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.