The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, July 8, 2013
New Moon
0.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:39 AM
9:04 PM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.3%
- Age
- 0.4 days
- Distance
- 405,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1120
Events on this date
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 0.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 3.99° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 173.89° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 56.5° / 125.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 26m / 17.29° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 110.64° / -4.61° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.43° / 6.38° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 174.23° / -1.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 326.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.