The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, July 8, 1900
Waxing Gibbous
83.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:34 PM
1:35 AM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 83.4%
- Age
- 11.6 days
- Distance
- 389,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- -278
Events on this date
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Venus at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 1.6° apart in the sky.
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Jupiter, Moon, and Uranus gathered
All within 7.5° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 131.79° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 48.11° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -49.2° / 75.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 41m / -20.81° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 237.82° / -1.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.10° / 1.72° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 42.38° / -0.89° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 281.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.