The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, July 8, 1952
Waning Gibbous
98.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:19 PM
7:14 AM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.0%
- Age
- 16.3 days
- Distance
- 358,600 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 365
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 358,600 km.
Exact values
For Jul 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 196.17° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 16.22° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.01% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -50.4° / 285.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 21m / -21.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 302.58° / -1.72° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.23° / 2.54° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -15.83° / 0.92° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 84.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.