The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, July 8, 2026
Waning Crescent
40.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:59 AM
2:58 PM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 40.7%
- Age
- 23.5 days
- Distance
- 374,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1280
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 | 280.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 100.70° |
| Illuminated fraction | 40.71% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 31.5° / 261.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 35m / 14.56° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 27.39° / 4.31° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.42° / -5.29° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -107.28° / 1.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 69.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.