The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, July 8, 2071
Waxing Gibbous
87.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:57 PM
3:31 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.9%
- Age
- 10.9 days
- Distance
- 400,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 1837
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 | 139.38° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 40.73° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.89% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -61.9° / 40.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 20m / -16.82° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 246.03° / 4.55° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.07° / -5.65° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 45.37° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 284.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.