The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, July 8, 2053
Last Quarter
54.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:47 AM
1:23 PM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 54.4%
- Age
- 22.2 days
- Distance
- 385,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 1614
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Jul 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 265.06° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 84.91° |
| Illuminated fraction | 54.43% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 14.6° / 260.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 47m / 2.89° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 12.02° / -2.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -8.47° / 2.83° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -92.44° / -1.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.