The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, July 8, 2004
Waning Gibbous
56.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:47 AM
1:08 PM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 56.8%
- Age
- 20.8 days
- Distance
- 387,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 1008
Events on this date
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Saturn behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Jul 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 262.37° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 82.23° |
| Illuminated fraction | 56.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 11.8° / 260.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 38m / 1.33° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 9.18° / -2.51° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.80° / 3.51° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -74.63° / 1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.