The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 8, 2158
Waxing Gibbous
97.6% 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
7:48 PM
4:52 AM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.6%
- Age
- 14.0 days
- Distance
- 390,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2914
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 | 161.99° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 17.96° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.56% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -70.0° / 343.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 01m / -20.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 298.23° / -0.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.75° / 0.32° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 13.33° / -0.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 257.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.