The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 8, 1922
Full Moon
99.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:31 PM
5:53 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.6%
- Age
- 13.5 days
- Distance
- 390,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- -6
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For Jul 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 174.49° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 7.40° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -63.5° / 319.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 43m / -18.09° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 280.17° / 4.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.64° / -6.19° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 10.36° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 304.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.