The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, July 8, 2021
Waning Crescent
1.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 75°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:43 AM
8:20 PM
75°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.9%
- Age
- 28.2 days
- Distance
- 401,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1218
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 3.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 344.37° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 164.23° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 73.8° / 155.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 05m / 25.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 91.08° / 1.84° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.70° / -2.18° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -167.09° / 0.94° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 96.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.