The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, July 8, 1908
Waxing Gibbous
68.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:35 PM
1:07 AM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 68.6%
- Age
- 10.0 days
- Distance
- 386,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- -179
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jul 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 111.77° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 68.17° |
| Illuminated fraction | 68.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -28.6° / 78.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 28m / -9.93° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 217.85° / 4.45° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.25° / -5.44° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 61.00° / 0.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.