The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 8, 2076
Waxing Gibbous
57.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:01 PM
12:40 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 57.4%
- Age
- 8.7 days
- Distance
- 382,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1900
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 | 98.39° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 81.47° |
| Illuminated fraction | 57.41% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -32.8° / 84.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 35m / -16.65° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 235.40° / 2.53° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.72° / -2.95° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 73.93° / 1.21° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 283.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.