The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, July 8, 2005
Waxing Crescent
4.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:52 AM
10:53 PM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.4%
- Age
- 2.2 days
- Distance
- 406,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1021
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,400 km.
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 2.9° apart in the sky.
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 4.8° apart in the sky.
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Mercury, Moon, and Venus gathered
All within 4.8° of each other in the sky.
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Mercury at greatest elongation
26° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Jul 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 23.71° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 155.81° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 43.4° / 97.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 56m / 22.12° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 130.29° / 4.63° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.01° / -5.89° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 155.55° / 1.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 276.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.