The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, July 8, 2015
Last Quarter
52.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:47 AM
1:38 PM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 52.2%
- Age
- 22.1 days
- Distance
- 370,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1144
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 0.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 267.59° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 87.45° |
| Illuminated fraction | 52.22% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 17.2° / 260.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 52m / 4.68° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 13.78° / -0.82° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.69° / 1.33° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -84.84° / -1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.