The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 8, 2090
Waxing Gibbous
97.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:30 PM
5:07 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.4%
- Age
- 12.6 days
- Distance
- 398,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2073
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 | 161.83° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 18.58° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.40% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -66.2° / 348.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 59m / -16.39° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 298.47° / 4.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.59° / -5.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 22.78° / -0.91° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 270.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.