The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, July 8, 1988
Waning Crescent
26.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:42 AM
4:31 PM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 26.9%
- Age
- 24.3 days
- Distance
- 381,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 810
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 | 297.69° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 117.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 26.93% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 47.6° / 254.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 42m / 20.29° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 44.38° / 4.33° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.00° / -5.41° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -111.89° / 1.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 74.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.