The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, July 8, 2019
Waxing Crescent
41.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:51 PM
12:49 AM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 41.2%
- Age
- 5.9 days
- Distance
- 370,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1194
Events on this date
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Mercury and Mars close together
They pass 4.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 79.64° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 100.18° |
| Illuminated fraction | 41.16% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -9.6° / 79.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 30m / 2.43° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 185.87° / 5.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.90° / -6.37° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 104.22° / -0.04° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.