The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 8, 2023
Waning Gibbous
65.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:23 AM
12:12 PM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 65.7%
- Age
- 20.5 days
- Distance
- 369,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1243
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 1.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 251.79° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 71.68° |
| Illuminated fraction | 65.71% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 1.8° / 263.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 57m / -3.29° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 358.05° / -2.74° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.59° / 3.83° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -66.21° / 1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.6° |
| 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.