The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, July 8, 1990
Waning Gibbous
99.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:44 PM
6:30 AM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.6%
- Age
- 15.9 days
- Distance
- 395,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 835
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 1.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 186.95° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 7.05° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.62% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -58.3° / 293.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 41m / -22.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 293.18° / -1.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.69° / 1.97° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -11.24° / 0.62° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 93.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.