The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, July 8, 2042
Waning Gibbous
67.8% 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
12:15 AM
12:00 PM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 67.8%
- Age
- 20.8 days
- Distance
- 369,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1478
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 | 249.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 69.19° |
| Illuminated fraction | 67.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -0.1° / 264.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 49m / -3.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 355.94° / -2.29° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.72° / 3.28° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -70.02° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.