The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, July 8, 1927
Waxing Gibbous
65.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:17 PM
2:00 AM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 65.4%
- Age
- 9.4 days
- Distance
- 402,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 56
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 | 107.86° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 72.05° |
| Illuminated fraction | 65.41% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -36.0° / 68.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 10m / -8.60° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 213.35° / 4.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.33° / -5.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 69.91° / 0.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.