The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, July 8, 2016
Waxing Crescent
19.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:37 AM
11:47 PM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 19.5%
- Age
- 4.2 days
- Distance
- 392,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1157
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 | 52.26° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 127.62° |
| Illuminated fraction | 19.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 14.4° / 92.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 42m / 7.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 159.17° / -0.45° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.34° / 0.84° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 133.08° / -1.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.