The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 8, 2117
Waxing Gibbous
85.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:36 PM
2:21 AM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 85.8%
- Age
- 10.3 days
- Distance
- 385,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2407
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 | 135.80° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 44.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -68.8° / 64.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 09m / -28.47° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 271.94° / -5.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.90° / 6.80° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 49.77° / 1.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 263.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.