The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, July 8, 2008
Waxing Crescent
35.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
12:26 PM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 35.0%
- Age
- 5.6 days
- Distance
- 388,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1058
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 | 72.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 107.49° |
| Illuminated fraction | 34.97% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -5.1° / 89.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 52m / -2.77° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 179.19° / -3.37° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.71° / 4.65° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 114.42° / 0.84° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 294.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.