The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, July 8, 1924
Waxing Crescent
36.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:26 PM
12:26 AM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 36.7%
- Age
- 6.4 days
- Distance
- 381,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 19
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 | 74.42° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 105.41° |
| Illuminated fraction | 36.71% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -5.1° / 82.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 07m / 2.64° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 180.60° / 3.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.83° / -3.75° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 98.77° / -0.98° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.