The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, July 8, 1947
Waning Gibbous
76.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:01 AM
10:53 AM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 76.8%
- Age
- 19.8 days
- Distance
- 398,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 303
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 | 237.51° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 57.53° |
| Illuminated fraction | 76.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -12.3° / 265.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 06m / -11.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 343.16° / -5.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.67° / 6.82° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -63.24° / 1.12° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.