The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 8, 2166
Waxing Gibbous
89.5% 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
6:22 PM
3:31 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.5%
- Age
- 12.5 days
- Distance
- 384,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 3013
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 2.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 142.17° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 37.90° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -65.9° / 37.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 36m / -19.47° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 278.47° / 3.69° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.56° / -4.44° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 31.94° / -0.22° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 270.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.