The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, July 8, 1948
Waxing Crescent
4.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:55 AM
11:03 PM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.9%
- Age
- 1.8 days
- Distance
- 361,300 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 316
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 361,300 km.
Exact values
For Jul 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 24.94° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 154.53° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.86% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 42.3° / 96.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 01m / 22.24° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 131.31° / 5.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.46° / -6.34° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 154.74° / 1.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 276.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.