The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 8, 2038
Waxing Gibbous
59.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:10 PM
12:51 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 59.4%
- Age
- 7.6 days
- Distance
- 371,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1430
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 | 100.78° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 79.11° |
| Illuminated fraction | 59.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -34.5° / 82.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 42m / -16.04° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 237.00° / 3.54° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.29° / -4.18° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 81.55° / 0.93° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 283.4° |
| 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.