The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 8, 2060
Waxing Gibbous
86.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:40 PM
2:34 AM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.8%
- Age
- 12.1 days
- Distance
- 388,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1702
Events on this date
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Mercury behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Aug 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 137.53° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 42.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -69.7° / 59.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 20m / -27.81° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 274.41° / -4.45° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.47° / 6.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 36.73° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 262.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.