The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, July 8, 1920
Waning Gibbous
56.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:21 AM
1:21 PM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 56.0%
- Age
- 22.1 days
- Distance
- 383,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- -31
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 | 263.29° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 83.15° |
| Illuminated fraction | 55.96% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 14.1° / 265.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 30m / 6.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 9.43° / 2.85° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.94° / -3.47° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -90.28° / -1.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 66.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.