The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 8, 2116
New Moon
0.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
6:11 AM
9:09 PM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.2%
- Age
- 29.3 days
- Distance
- 357,600 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 2394
Events on this date
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 357,400 km.
Exact values
For Aug 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 359.77° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 175.18° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.18% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 60.2° / 123.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 21m / 20.57° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 136.14° / 4.80° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.28° / -6.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 179.47° / 1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 200.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.