The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 8, 1995
Waxing Gibbous
80.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:04 PM
2:34 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 80.1%
- Age
- 10.6 days
- Distance
- 364,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 897
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 | 126.88° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 53.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 80.07% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -54.1° / 59.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 24m / -16.81° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 232.92° / 1.75° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.21° / -1.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 48.33° / -1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 285.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.