The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, July 8, 1969
Waning Crescent
29.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:39 AM
4:11 PM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 29.3%
- Age
- 23.7 days
- Distance
- 396,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 575
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 | 294.65° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 114.46° |
| Illuminated fraction | 29.30% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 44.5° / 255.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 29m / 18.64° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 40.95° / 3.71° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.73° / -4.62° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -108.09° / 1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 72.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.