The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 8, 2109
Waxing Gibbous
94.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:02 PM
4:22 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.5%
- Age
- 11.8 days
- Distance
- 375,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2308
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 | 153.17° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 27.08° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -67.8° / 9.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 21m / -17.81° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 289.25° / 4.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.47° / -5.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 31.17° / -0.73° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 269.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.