The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 8, 2133
Waxing Gibbous
58.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:13 PM
12:37 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 58.6%
- Age
- 7.7 days
- Distance
- 394,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 2605
Events on this date
-
Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 1.2° apart in the sky.
-
Moon, Neptune, and Saturn gathered
All within 6.1° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 99.80° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 80.06° |
| Illuminated fraction | 58.63% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -34.8° / 86.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 36m / -18.74° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 236.07° / 0.53° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.63° / -0.33° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 86.97° / 1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 283.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.