The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, July 8, 1983
Waning Crescent
4.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:09 AM
7:28 PM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.9%
- Age
- 27.5 days
- Distance
- 365,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 748
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 | 334.41° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 154.35° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.93% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 72.1° / 190.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 18m / 22.66° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 80.34° / -0.43° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.14° / 0.85° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -159.46° / 0.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 84.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.