The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, August 8, 2153
Waning Gibbous
82.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:55 PM
10:42 AM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 82.8%
- Age
- 18.1 days
- Distance
- 400,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2852
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 | 229.09° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 49.01° |
| Illuminated fraction | 82.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -14.3° / 282.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 24m / 0.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 5.52° / -2.37° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.02° / 3.40° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -46.19° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 69.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.