The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 8, 1916
First Quarter
52.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:13 PM
11:59 PM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 52.4%
- Age
- 8.3 days
- Distance
- 384,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -80
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Jul 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 92.58° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 87.29° |
| Illuminated fraction | 52.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -13.4° / 95.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 01m / -12.15° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 198.74° / -5.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.79° / 6.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 79.63° / 0.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.