The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 8, 2082
Full Moon
100.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:49 PM
6:28 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 100.0%
- Age
- 14.0 days
- Distance
- 390,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1974
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 0.7° apart in the sky.
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
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Penumbral lunar eclipse
The Moon passes through Earth's faint outer shadow and dims slightly. It starts at 8:28 AM, is deepest at 10:43 AM and ends at 12:59 PM. Not visible from Columbus: the Moon is below the horizon.
Exact values
For Aug 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 180.71° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 1.14° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.99% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -58.0° / 309.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 20m / -16.49° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 317.30° / -0.89° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.53° / 1.42° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 4.19° / 0.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 147.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.