The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 8, 2000
First Quarter
51.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:53 PM
1:19 AM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 51.5%
- Age
- 6.9 days
- Distance
- 386,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 959
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Jul 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 91.56° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 88.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 51.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.9° / 75.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 16m / -2.32° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 198.35° / 5.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 8.31° / -6.50° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 95.78° / -0.21° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.