The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 8, 1944
Waning Gibbous
91.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:16 PM
8:49 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 91.7%
- Age
- 18.0 days
- Distance
- 364,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 266
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 364,600 km.
Exact values
For Jul 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 213.54° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 33.52° |
| Illuminated fraction | 91.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -34.3° / 276.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 32m / -16.75° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 319.87° / -2.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.81° / 2.79° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -34.43° / -0.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 75.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.