The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 8, 2185
Waxing Gibbous
93.0% 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
6:53 PM
4:02 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.0%
- Age
- 12.7 days
- Distance
- 400,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 3248
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Aug 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 149.37° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 30.65° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.01% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -69.1° / 20.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 08m / -19.87° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 286.06° / 2.60° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.30° / -3.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 28.13° / 0.01° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 267.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.