The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, July 8, 1979
Waxing Gibbous
97.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:53 PM
5:05 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.9%
- Age
- 14.2 days
- Distance
- 367,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 699
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 | 164.02° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 16.62° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.91% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -68.1° / 342.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 00m / -18.64° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 269.93° / 4.80° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.85° / -5.90° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 11.14° / -1.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 285.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.