The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 8, 2006
Waxing Gibbous
92.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:18 PM
3:15 AM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 92.2%
- Age
- 13.0 days
- Distance
- 380,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 1033
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jul 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 147.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 32.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 92.25% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -74.5° / 39.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 49m / -27.37° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 254.29° / -4.89° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.94° / 6.57° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 25.94° / 1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 268.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.