The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 8, 1911
Waxing Gibbous
92.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:10 PM
2:31 AM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 92.9%
- Age
- 12.2 days
- Distance
- 405,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- -142
Events on this date
-
Mercury and Neptune close together
They pass 2.3° apart in the sky.
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,000 km.
Exact values
For Jul 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 149.05° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 31.00° |
| Illuminated fraction | 92.86% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -65.0° / 62.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 51m / -25.54° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 254.45° / -3.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.58° / 4.21° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 32.21° / 1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 271.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.