The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 8, 2036
Waning Gibbous
97.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:37 PM
7:55 AM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.9%
- Age
- 16.2 days
- Distance
- 405,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1405
Events on this date
-
Venus at greatest elongation
46° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Aug 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 196.82° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 16.84° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.86% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -44.2° / 296.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 24m / -11.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 333.51° / -1.50° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.88° / 2.17° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -19.03° / -0.01° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 74.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.