The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 8, 1939
Waning Gibbous
61.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:08 AM
12:47 PM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 61.4%
- Age
- 21.1 days
- Distance
- 400,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 204
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 3.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 257.00° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 76.87° |
| Illuminated fraction | 61.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 8.1° / 267.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 05m / 3.56° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 2.59° / 2.76° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.78° / -3.38° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -81.85° / -1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 65.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.