The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 8, 2172
Waning Gibbous
77.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:08 PM
11:25 AM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 77.4%
- Age
- 18.6 days
- Distance
- 386,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 3087
Events on this date
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Mars and Jupiter close together
They pass 2.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 236.95° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 56.83° |
| Illuminated fraction | 77.35% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -6.4° / 281.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 52m / 4.45° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 13.77° / -1.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.99° / 1.69° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -49.99° / 1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 68.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.