The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, July 8, 2044
Waxing Gibbous
97.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:25 PM
4:17 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.5%
- Age
- 13.2 days
- Distance
- 406,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1503
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,300 km.
Exact values
For Jul 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 162.54° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 18.06° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -77.6° / 337.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 59m / -28.29° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 269.68° / -4.85° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.92° / 6.55° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 18.36° / 1.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 254.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.