The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, July 8, 2022
Waxing Gibbous
66.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:35 PM
1:48 AM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 66.9%
- Age
- 9.5 days
- Distance
- 374,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1231
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 | 109.63° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 70.24° |
| Illuminated fraction | 66.90% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -39.1° / 71.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 17m / -12.32° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 216.12° / 1.31° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.36° / -1.39° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 63.13° / 1.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.