The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, July 8, 2003
Waxing Gibbous
67.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:39 PM
1:53 AM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 67.7%
- Age
- 8.9 days
- Distance
- 367,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 996
Events on this date
-
Venus and Saturn close together
They pass 0.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 110.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 69.28° |
| Illuminated fraction | 67.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -39.7° / 70.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 20m / -11.94° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 216.70° / 1.92° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.58° / -2.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 66.93° / 1.14° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.