The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, July 8, 1953
Waning Crescent
6.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 76°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:31 AM
7:24 PM
76°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 6.5%
- Age
- 27.0 days
- Distance
- 383,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 377
Events on this date
-
Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 4.6° apart in the sky.
-
Mars behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Jul 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 330.74° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 150.45° |
| Illuminated fraction | 6.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 74.9° / 208.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 01m / 26.59° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 76.92° / 3.81° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.22° / -4.71° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -145.40° / 0.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 90.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.