The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, July 8, 1951
Waxing Crescent
16.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:12 AM
11:39 PM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 16.7%
- Age
- 4.3 days
- Distance
- 396,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 353
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 0.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 48.10° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 131.78° |
| Illuminated fraction | 16.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 18.9° / 92.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 24m / 10.73° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 153.79° / 0.66° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.09° / -0.65° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 125.86° / 1.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.