The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 8, 1989
Waxing Crescent
28.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
11:42 AM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 28.5%
- Age
- 5.5 days
- Distance
- 401,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 823
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 | 64.32° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 115.53° |
| Illuminated fraction | 28.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 2.6° / 90.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 23m / 1.68° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 170.78° / -2.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.49° / 3.05° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 118.24° / 1.03° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 294.3° |
| 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.