The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, July 8, 1962
Waxing Crescent
37.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:30 PM
12:37 AM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 37.7%
- Age
- 6.7 days
- Distance
- 404,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 489
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,400 km.
Exact values
For Jul 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 75.58° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 104.23° |
| Illuminated fraction | 37.71% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -5.9° / 81.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 12m / 3.20° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 181.58° / 4.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.10° / -5.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 103.39° / -0.64° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.