The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 8, 2120
Waxing Gibbous
99.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:20 PM
5:30 AM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.3%
- Age
- 14.1 days
- Distance
- 357,300 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 2444
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 357,200 km.
Exact values
For Aug 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 170.49° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 9.51° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.31% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -65.7° / 323.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 38m / -19.06° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 306.89° / -0.54° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.99° / 1.00° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 8.76° / -0.10° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.6° |
| 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.