The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 8, 2017
Waxing Gibbous
99.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:37 PM
5:50 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.7%
- Age
- 14.6 days
- Distance
- 403,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1169
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 | 174.41° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 6.61° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.67% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -64.5° / 317.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 47m / -19.42° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 281.09° / 3.57° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.19° / -4.39° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 3.56° / -1.02° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 294.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.