The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, July 8, 1909
Waning Gibbous
68.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:54 PM
10:49 AM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 68.0%
- Age
- 20.7 days
- Distance
- 368,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- -167
Events on this date
-
Mercury at greatest elongation
21° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
-
Moon and Mars close together
They pass 1.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 248.92° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 68.88° |
| Illuminated fraction | 68.01% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -13.0° / 271.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 49m / -6.81° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 354.77° / -5.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.47° / 6.91° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -68.37° / 0.79° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 68.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.