The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, July 8, 2012
Waning Gibbous
73.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:49 PM
11:36 AM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 73.1%
- Age
- 19.0 days
- Distance
- 390,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1107
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 | 242.47° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 62.45° |
| Illuminated fraction | 73.12% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -4.5° / 274.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 13m / 0.38° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 349.36° / 4.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.49° / -6.21° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -56.01° / -1.10° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 64.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.