The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 8, 2071
Waxing Gibbous
95.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:02 PM
4:34 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.1%
- Age
- 12.6 days
- Distance
- 406,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1838
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,100 km.
Exact values
For Aug 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 154.65° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 25.69° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.06% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -67.2° / 5.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 27m / -17.09° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 290.91° / 4.76° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.30° / -5.90° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 26.56° / -1.11° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 270.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.