The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 8, 2152
Waxing Gibbous
61.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:35 PM
12:41 AM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 61.5%
- Age
- 7.7 days
- Distance
- 380,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 2840
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 | 103.19° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 76.67° |
| Illuminated fraction | 61.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -38.4° / 85.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 50m / -20.60° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 239.85° / -0.51° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.16° / 1.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 83.16° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 281.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.