The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 8, 2066
Waning Gibbous
88.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:01 PM
10:04 AM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.4%
- Age
- 17.2 days
- Distance
- 376,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1776
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 | 219.66° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 39.84° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.8° / 292.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 38m / 3.11° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 356.12° / 5.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.71° / -6.25° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -33.00° / -1.01° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 60.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.