The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 8, 2106
Waxing Gibbous
68.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:09 PM
1:22 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 68.9%
- Age
- 9.0 days
- Distance
- 402,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 2271
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 | 112.06° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 67.82° |
| Illuminated fraction | 68.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -45.1° / 77.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 26m / -19.55° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 247.88° / 2.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.87° / -2.47° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 72.16° / -1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 279.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.