The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, July 8, 1975
Waning Crescent
0.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
5:40 AM
8:33 PM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.4%
- Age
- 28.9 days
- Distance
- 371,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 649
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 | 353.26° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 172.51° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.43% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 64.9° / 139.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 39m / 19.90° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 99.14° / -3.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.71° / 4.54° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -178.13° / -1.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 65.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.