The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 8, 2052
Waxing Gibbous
96.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:13 PM
4:49 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.2%
- Age
- 13.6 days
- Distance
- 394,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1603
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 | 157.86° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 22.58° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.17% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -66.6° / 358.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 43m / -16.40° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 294.68° / 4.85° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.98° / -6.00° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 18.15° / -1.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 270.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.