The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 8, 2098
Waxing Gibbous
89.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:04 PM
2:56 AM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.7%
- Age
- 11.3 days
- Distance
- 403,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2172
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
19° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Aug 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 142.70° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 37.50° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.67% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -73.5° / 48.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 43m / -28.10° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 279.41° / -5.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.27° / 6.78° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 41.36° / 1.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 258.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.