The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, July 8, 1959
Waxing Crescent
6.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:47 AM
10:34 PM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 6.9%
- Age
- 2.6 days
- Distance
- 389,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 452
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 4.0° apart in the sky.
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Mercury, Moon, and Uranus gathered
All within 4.7° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.7° apart in the sky.
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Mercury at greatest elongation
26° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Jul 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 30.09° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 149.60° |
| Illuminated fraction | 6.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 34.3° / 104.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 08m / 12.33° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 135.84° / -3.94° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.52° / 5.47° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 144.52° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 294.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.