The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, July 8, 1917
Waning Gibbous
80.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:29 PM
9:40 AM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 80.3%
- Age
- 19.2 days
- Distance
- 364,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- -68
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 | 232.73° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 52.75° |
| Illuminated fraction | 80.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.4° / 286.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 34m / -4.17° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 338.66° / 4.48° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.98° / -5.44° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -49.73° / -0.16° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 65.0° |
| 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.