The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 8, 2160
First Quarter
46.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
2:09 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 46.5%
- Age
- 6.3 days
- Distance
- 382,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 2939
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 4.6° apart in the sky.
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Aug 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 85.85° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 94.00° |
| Illuminated fraction | 46.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -23.1° / 95.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 37m / -18.58° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 222.58° / -3.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 8.71° / 4.27° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 101.79° / -1.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.