The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, July 8, 1998
Waxing Gibbous
98.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:08 PM
5:22 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.7%
- Age
- 14.5 days
- Distance
- 387,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 934
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 | 167.79° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 12.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.73% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -67.2° / 332.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 17m / -19.01° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 274.08° / 4.37° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.92° / -5.39° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 7.35° / -1.18° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 286.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.