The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 8, 2069
Waning Gibbous
63.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:55 PM
1:02 PM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 63.2%
- Age
- 21.2 days
- Distance
- 369,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1813
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 | 254.79° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 74.65° |
| Illuminated fraction | 63.23% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 10.5° / 277.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 57m / 12.57° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 31.51° / 0.61° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.28° / -0.53° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -74.02° / -1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 69.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.