The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 8, 2144
Waxing Gibbous
74.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:40 PM
1:53 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 74.5%
- Age
- 9.1 days
- Distance
- 375,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 2741
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 2.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 119.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 60.60° |
| Illuminated fraction | 74.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -50.5° / 69.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 01m / -18.92° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 255.95° / 3.78° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.47° / -4.58° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 64.56° / -1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 277.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.