The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, July 8, 2020
Waning Gibbous
87.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:45 PM
9:31 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.2%
- Age
- 17.4 days
- Distance
- 394,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1206
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 | 221.91° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 42.01° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.15% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -26.9° / 270.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 11m / -16.12° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 328.85° / -4.54° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.55° / 6.14° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -37.41° / 0.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 74.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.