The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, July 8, 2029
Waning Crescent
9.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:17 AM
6:44 PM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 9.4%
- Age
- 26.5 days
- Distance
- 395,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1317
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 1.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 324.46° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 144.32° |
| Illuminated fraction | 9.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 69.8° / 222.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 37m / 24.21° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 71.24° / 2.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.18° / -2.51° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -148.41° / -0.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 84.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.