The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 8, 2049
Waxing Gibbous
70.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:29 PM
1:17 AM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 70.7%
- Age
- 9.8 days
- Distance
- 370,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1566
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 | 114.38° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 65.49° |
| Illuminated fraction | 70.74% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -48.0° / 78.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 38m / -21.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 250.94° / 0.37° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.77° / -0.20° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 59.14° / -1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 277.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.