The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 8, 2183
Waning Gibbous
71.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:43 PM
12:04 PM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 71.3%
- Age
- 20.0 days
- Distance
- 367,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 3223
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 2.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 244.84° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 64.74° |
| Illuminated fraction | 71.33% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 0.4° / 276.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 21m / 5.90° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 21.03° / -2.48° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.49° / 3.46° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -60.21° / -0.91° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 69.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.