The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, July 8, 2014
Waxing Gibbous
80.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:08 PM
2:42 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 80.9%
- Age
- 11.3 days
- Distance
- 375,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1132
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 | 128.16° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 51.77° |
| Illuminated fraction | 80.94% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -54.8° / 57.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 31m / -16.48° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 234.59° / 2.51° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.80° / -2.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 44.52° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 285.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.