The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, August 8, 2085
Waning Gibbous
87.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:06 PM
10:14 AM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.3%
- Age
- 17.9 days
- Distance
- 363,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2011
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 | 221.67° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 41.83° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.25% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.9° / 292.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 46m / 4.12° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 358.52° / 5.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.90° / -6.31° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -36.80° / -1.13° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 61.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.