The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, July 8, 1997
Waxing Crescent
14.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:55 AM
11:19 PM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 14.0%
- Age
- 3.9 days
- Distance
- 404,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 922
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 | 43.79° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 136.07° |
| Illuminated fraction | 13.99% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 22.1° / 96.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 07m / 9.62° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 150.32° / -1.86° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.64° / 2.71° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 136.89° / -1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.