The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, July 8, 1957
Waxing Gibbous
89.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:18 PM
3:24 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.3%
- Age
- 10.8 days
- Distance
- 387,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 427
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 0.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 141.72° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 38.22° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -65.5° / 40.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 26m / -19.93° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 247.92° / 1.72° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.77° / -2.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 43.73° / -1.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 280.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.