The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, July 8, 1926
Waning Crescent
1.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
5:00 AM
8:09 PM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.7%
- Age
- 28.2 days
- Distance
- 394,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 43
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 | 345.18° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 165.08° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 70.5° / 156.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 04m / 22.03° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 90.90° / -1.42° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.03° / 2.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -160.27° / 0.02° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 84.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.