The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 8, 2104
Waning Gibbous
94.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:32 PM
8:55 AM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.5%
- Age
- 17.5 days
- Distance
- 365,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 2246
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 | 206.64° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 27.01° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -32.8° / 298.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 49m / -2.07° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 342.92° / 5.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.62° / -6.15° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -28.43° / -1.23° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 58.2° |
| 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.