The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 8, 2039
Waning Gibbous
79.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:22 PM
11:04 AM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.3%
- Age
- 18.3 days
- Distance
- 389,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 1442
Events on this date
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Venus at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Aug 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 234.14° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 54.17° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.27% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -10.4° / 278.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 45m / -0.41° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 10.13° / -4.81° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.40° / 6.54° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -47.81° / 1.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.