The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, July 8, 2001
Waning Gibbous
91.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:19 PM
8:48 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 91.6%
- Age
- 17.2 days
- Distance
- 405,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 971
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 3.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 213.54° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 33.63° |
| Illuminated fraction | 91.63% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -34.7° / 274.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 35m / -18.25° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 320.09° / -3.65° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.94° / 4.97° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -33.61° / 0.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 77.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.