The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 8, 2169
Waning Gibbous
99.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:30 PM
7:06 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.3%
- Age
- 15.3 days
- Distance
- 406,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 3050
Events on this date
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Moon, Neptune, and Saturn gathered
All within 5.1° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 3.0° apart in the sky.
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Moon, Saturn, and Uranus gathered
All within 3.9° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 3.6° apart in the sky.
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,400 km.
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Neptune at opposition
Opposite the Sun in the sky: up all night and at its brightest for the year.
Exact values
For Aug 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 188.75° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 9.75° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -52.7° / 297.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 56m / -17.19° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 325.31° / -4.37° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.85° / 5.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -9.03° / 1.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 99.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.