The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, July 8, 2059
Waning Crescent
1.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 76°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:49 AM
8:40 PM
76°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.3%
- Age
- 28.4 days
- Distance
- 391,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1688
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 3.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 347.32° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 166.90° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.30% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 73.6° / 143.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 17m / 26.55° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 93.86° / 3.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.91° / -3.98° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -162.47° / 1.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 104.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.