The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 8, 2077
Waning Gibbous
75.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:29 PM
11:31 AM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 75.7%
- Age
- 19.6 days
- Distance
- 365,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 1912
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 | 239.07° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 59.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 75.73% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -5.3° / 277.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 04m / 2.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 15.84° / -3.81° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.68° / 5.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -55.42° / 1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 69.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.