The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, July 8, 1977
Last Quarter
45.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:04 AM
2:19 PM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 45.5%
- Age
- 21.9 days
- Distance
- 398,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 674
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Jul 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 275.31° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 95.17° |
| Illuminated fraction | 45.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 24.8° / 258.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 20m / 8.33° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 21.68° / -0.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.93° / 0.44° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -89.44° / -1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.