The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, July 8, 1996
Waning Crescent
40.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:22 AM
2:46 PM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 40.8%
- Age
- 22.6 days
- Distance
- 385,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 909
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 | 280.70° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 100.55° |
| Illuminated fraction | 40.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 29.6° / 255.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 44m / 9.34° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 27.45° / -1.32° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.49° / 2.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -93.25° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 68.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.