The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, July 8, 2055
Full Moon
99.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:54 PM
5:56 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.9%
- Age
- 13.7 days
- Distance
- 386,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1639
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For Jul 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 176.88° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 3.91° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -63.8° / 311.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 57m / -20.40° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 283.39° / 2.37° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.86° / -2.77° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 8.20° / -0.62° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 295.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.