The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, July 8, 1930
Waxing Gibbous
95.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:50 PM
3:53 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.5%
- Age
- 12.1 days
- Distance
- 398,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 93
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 | 155.64° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 24.59° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -77.1° / 10.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 21m / -27.09° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 261.39° / -3.93° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.61° / 5.39° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 28.93° / 1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 264.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.