The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, July 8, 1992
Waxing Gibbous
66.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:46 PM
1:16 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 66.7%
- Age
- 8.2 days
- Distance
- 383,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 860
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 | 109.42° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 70.50° |
| Illuminated fraction | 66.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -40.8° / 78.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 09m / -17.62° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 216.15° / -4.30° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.49° / 5.72° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 77.16° / -0.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 287.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.