The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, July 8, 1956
New Moon
0.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:46 AM
9:21 PM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.5%
- Age
- 0.5 days
- Distance
- 357,400 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 415
Events on this date
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 357,400 km.
Exact values
For Jul 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 6.77° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 172.27° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 54.8° / 120.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 38m / 17.80° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 113.20° / -3.70° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.61° / 5.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 173.42° / -0.97° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 308.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.