The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 8, 2191
Waning Gibbous
83.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:49 PM
10:35 AM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 83.7%
- Age
- 18.3 days
- Distance
- 366,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 3322
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 0.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 227.65° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 47.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.74% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -15.4° / 283.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 16m / 0.41° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 3.90° / -1.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.08° / 1.95° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -41.60° / 1.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 68.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.