The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 8, 2050
Waning Gibbous
61.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:58 PM
1:14 PM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 61.5%
- Age
- 20.8 days
- Distance
- 373,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1578
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 | 256.86° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 76.73° |
| Illuminated fraction | 61.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 12.5° / 276.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 02m / 13.65° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 33.19° / 1.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.64° / -1.20° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -70.21° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 69.6° |
| 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.