The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, August 8, 2063
Waxing Gibbous
99.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:36 PM
5:51 AM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.7%
- Age
- 13.9 days
- Distance
- 404,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1739
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 | 174.24° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 6.12° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.71% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -64.0° / 315.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 54m / -19.65° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 310.43° / -2.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.98° / 3.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 7.97° / 0.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 233.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.