The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, July 14, 2008
Waxing Gibbous
87.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:35 PM
2:41 AM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.9%
- Age
- 11.6 days
- Distance
- 405,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 1058
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,400 km.
Exact values
For Jul 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 139.38° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 40.76° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -69.0° / 58.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 39m / -26.98° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 251.95° / -4.80° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.92° / 6.44° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 41.12° / 0.75° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 272.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.