The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, July 8, 1954
Waxing Gibbous
55.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:36 PM
12:43 AM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 55.8%
- Age
- 8.1 days
- Distance
- 404,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 390
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 | 96.59° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 83.28° |
| Illuminated fraction | 55.85% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -28.7° / 84.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 15m / -13.63° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 202.54° / -5.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.28° / 7.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 84.74° / -0.01° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.