The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, July 8, 1943
Waxing Crescent
30.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:46 AM
12:11 AM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 30.5%
- Age
- 6.1 days
- Distance
- 399,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 254
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 | 66.91° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 112.92° |
| Illuminated fraction | 30.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 1.9° / 84.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 37m / 5.82° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 172.52° / 3.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.96° / -3.75° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 107.20° / -0.84° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.