The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, July 8, 2046
Waxing Crescent
26.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:29 AM
11:51 PM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 26.0%
- Age
- 4.6 days
- Distance
- 367,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1528
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 | 61.19° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 118.63° |
| Illuminated fraction | 26.04% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 5.0° / 93.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 10m / 1.46° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 167.87° / -3.62° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.24° / 4.94° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 119.07° / 0.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 295.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.