The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, July 8, 1993
Waning Gibbous
79.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:27 PM
10:53 AM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.3%
- Age
- 18.6 days
- Distance
- 402,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 872
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 | 234.01° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 54.06° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.35% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -12.5° / 276.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 40m / -2.83° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 340.51° / 5.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.84° / -6.48° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -52.22° / -0.95° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 64.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.