The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, July 10, 2008
First Quarter
54.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:32 PM
12:39 AM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 54.8%
- Age
- 7.6 days
- Distance
- 398,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1058
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
-
Mars and Saturn close together
They pass 0.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 95.37° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 84.50° |
| Illuminated fraction | 54.80% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -27.9° / 85.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 22m / -13.76° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 204.14° / -4.73° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.20° / 6.38° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 89.97° / 0.82° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.