The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, July 8, 1921
Waxing Crescent
14.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:58 AM
11:12 PM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 14.1%
- Age
- 3.1 days
- Distance
- 362,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- -18
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Jul 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 43.82° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 135.94° |
| Illuminated fraction | 14.07% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 21.4° / 98.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 02m / 7.78° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 149.73° / -4.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.77° / 5.54° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 139.88° / -1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 294.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.