The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, July 8, 2068
Waxing Gibbous
59.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:58 PM
1:03 AM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 59.9%
- Age
- 9.0 days
- Distance
- 399,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1800
Events on this date
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Mercury and Neptune close together
They pass 1.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 101.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 78.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 59.91% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -32.8° / 80.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 42m / -13.58° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 208.64° / -2.78° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.59° / 3.82° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 74.14° / -1.12° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.