The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 8, 2086
Waning Crescent
0.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:53 AM
7:56 PM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.7%
- Age
- 28.7 days
- Distance
- 395,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 2023
Events on this date
-
Neptune behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
-
Mercury, Moon, and Neptune gathered
All within 6.0° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 351.06° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 170.10° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.74% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 61.0° / 149.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 36m / 14.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 127.68° / -4.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.77° / 5.89° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -166.49° / -1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 77.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.