The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, July 8, 1960
Full Moon
99.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:51 PM
6:05 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.8%
- Age
- 14.5 days
- Distance
- 357,200 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 464
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 357,100 km.
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 4.1° apart in the sky.
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For Jul 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 177.84° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 5.00° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -61.7° / 313.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 00m / -18.18° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 284.30° / 4.52° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.33° / -5.53° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 2.75° / -1.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 323.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.