The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, July 8, 1964
Waning Crescent
1.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
5:06 AM
8:35 PM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.0%
- Age
- 28.5 days
- Distance
- 359,100 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 513
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 359,000 km.
Exact values
For Jul 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 348.55° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 168.52° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.00% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 70.5° / 144.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 22m / 23.62° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 95.05° / 0.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.80° / -0.10° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -167.91° / 0.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 92.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.