The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 8, 2079
Waxing Gibbous
85.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:26 PM
2:20 AM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 85.0%
- Age
- 11.3 days
- Distance
- 404,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1937
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 | 134.44° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 45.63° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.96% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -67.5° / 65.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 03m / -28.03° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 270.76° / -4.61° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.10° / 6.25° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 45.14° / 1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 264.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.