The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, July 8, 2076
Waxing Crescent
42.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:59 PM
12:54 AM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 42.4%
- Age
- 7.4 days
- Distance
- 397,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1899
Events on this date
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Uranus at opposition
Opposite the Sun in the sky: up all night and at its brightest for the year.
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 3.9° apart in the sky.
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Jupiter, Mars, and Moon gathered
All within 5.2° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 81.03° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 98.78° |
| Illuminated fraction | 42.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -11.1° / 79.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 39m / 1.38° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 188.42° / 5.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.14° / -6.38° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 92.77° / 0.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.