The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, July 8, 1966
Waning Gibbous
70.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:18 AM
11:36 AM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 70.8%
- Age
- 19.8 days
- Distance
- 404,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 538
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jul 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 245.43° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 65.38° |
| Illuminated fraction | 70.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -4.5° / 263.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 36m / -7.55° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 351.47° / -4.53° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.52° / 6.18° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -67.04° / 1.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 68.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.