The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, July 8, 1931
Waning Crescent
43.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:09 AM
2:31 PM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 43.7%
- Age
- 22.5 days
- Distance
- 401,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 105
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 1.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 277.36° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 97.21° |
| Illuminated fraction | 43.72% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 27.1° / 259.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 23m / 10.00° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 22.88° / 1.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.06° / -1.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -100.47° / 1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 68.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.