The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 8, 2112
Waning Gibbous
99.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:29 PM
7:04 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.3%
- Age
- 15.8 days
- Distance
- 359,000 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 2345
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 358,800 km.
Exact values
For Aug 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 188.74° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 9.25° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.35% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -52.3° / 299.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 54m / -16.08° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 325.07° / -3.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.74° / 4.28° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -9.84° / 0.74° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 92.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.