The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, July 8, 2072
Last Quarter
49.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:07 AM
1:52 PM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 49.3%
- Age
- 22.3 days
- Distance
- 398,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1849
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 | 270.98° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 90.83° |
| Illuminated fraction | 49.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.0° / 257.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 12m / 4.31° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 18.34° / -3.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.30° / 4.27° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -96.23° / -1.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.