The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 8, 2101
Waxing Gibbous
99.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:24 PM
5:31 AM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.4%
- Age
- 13.4 days
- Distance
- 366,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 2209
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 | 170.86° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 9.19° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -65.9° / 322.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 38m / -19.68° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 306.88° / -1.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.21° / 1.79° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 12.56° / 0.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.