The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 8, 2047
Waning Gibbous
91.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:47 PM
9:32 AM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 91.5%
- Age
- 16.7 days
- Distance
- 394,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1541
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 | 213.63° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 33.83° |
| Illuminated fraction | 91.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -26.6° / 294.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 15m / 0.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 349.69° / 4.68° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.53° / -5.78° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -29.21° / -0.85° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 60.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.