The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 8, 2199
Waning Gibbous
93.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:42 PM
9:06 AM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.7%
- Age
- 16.5 days
- Distance
- 367,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 3421
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 | 208.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 29.13° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -31.0° / 296.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 59m / -1.84° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 345.23° / 4.31° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.12° / -5.27° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -23.00° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 60.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.