The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, July 8, 2025
Waxing Gibbous
95.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:50 PM
3:41 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.0%
- Age
- 13.2 days
- Distance
- 398,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1268
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 | 154.50° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 25.90° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.98% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -77.9° / 15.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 20m / -28.19° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 261.25° / -5.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.23° / 6.80° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 22.15° / 1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 263.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.