The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, July 8, 1958
Last Quarter
53.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:36 AM
1:33 PM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 53.4%
- Age
- 21.3 days
- Distance
- 404,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 439
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,000 km.
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Jul 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 266.22° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 86.07° |
| Illuminated fraction | 53.43% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 16.5° / 263.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 43m / 6.08° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 12.20° / 1.37° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.36° / -1.55° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -85.64° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 66.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.